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DEDIOATIOK 


THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

ROBERT   HARPER  CLARKSON,  D.D.,  LL.D. 


BISHOP   OF    NEBRASKA. 

My  dear  Bishop  : 

To  you,  for  whose  abidinir;  friendship  I  owe  a  debt  of  gratitude 
beyond  the  power  of  words ;  to  you,  who,  from  the  moment  of  your 
knowledge  of  the  phin  of  this  work,  have  never  failed  to  cheer  me 
with  words  of  encouragement  in  the  midst  of  what  seemed  at  times 
insurmountable  difficulties,  I  gladly  dedicate  my  book. 

To  your  kindly  expression  of  appreciation  as  to  its  value  it  owes 
its  completion,  and  it  is  but  an  act  of  justice  to  associate  your  name 
•with  it  in  this  way. 

May  the  love  which  has  brightened  so  many  years  of  our  earthly 
life,  find  its  consummation  in  the  joys  of  Paradise! 
Faithfully  yours, 

II.  G.  BATTERSON. 

Philadelphia,  Easteu-Tide,  1878. 


i'iu-'' 


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PEEFAOE. 


The  purpose  of  this  book  is  so  plain,  that  to  write  a 
preface  seems  to  be  a  "  work  of  Supererogation." 

In  the  "  Advertisement"  to  the  first  edition  of  Bos- 
well's  life  of  Johnson,  the  author  says :  "  Were  I  to 
"  detail  the  books  which  I  have  consulted,  and  the 
"  inquiries  which  I  found  it  necessary  to  make  by 
"various  channels,  I  should  probably  be  thought 
"  ridiculously  ostentatious.  Let  me  only  observe,  as  a 
"  specimen  of  my  trouble,  that  I  have  sometimes  been 
"  obliged  to  run  half  over  London  in  order  to  fix  a 
"  date'  correctly,  which,  when  I  had  accomplished,  I 
"  well  knew  would  obtain  me  no  praise,  though  a 
"  failure  would  have  been  to  my  discredit."  I  quite 
understood  and  appreciated  the  meaning  of  Boswell, 
long  before  this  book  was  finished. 

Those  who  use  it  will  find  many  dates  which  conflict 
materially  with  previously  published  statements ;  but  in 
every  such  case  the  date  I  give  is  from  actual  records, 
such  as  Letters  of  Orders,  private  manuscript  diaries, 
or  authorities  of  a  similar  nature.  I  have  found  in 
some  cases  that  even  such  authority  is  not  always  to  be 

trusted. 

If  any  date  or  statement  can  be  proved  incorrect,  I 
shall  be  very  glad  to  have  it  rectified. 

1* 


Q  PREFACE. 

It  seems  important  to  preserve  here  a  few  facts  of 
history,  which,  though  well  known  to  many,  are  not 
widely  known^  and  which,  though  not  a  part  of  the 
plan  of  this  book,  are  of  sufficient  importance  to  be 
recorded  in  it. 

In  the  year  1720,  Bishop  Spinkes,  Bishop  Ilawes,  and 
Bishop  Gandy,  three  Conjuring  Bishops,  Consecrated 
Ralph  Taylor'.*  In  1723,  Bishop  Taylor  alone  Conse- 
crated Robert  Welton,  and  in  the  same  year,  ^^dtli  AVel- 
ton's  assistance,  he  Consecrated  John  Talbot.  The 
Consecration  of  Welton  and  Talbot  was  uncanonical 


*  Upon  the  accession  of  William  and  Mary  to  the  Throne  of  Eng- 
land, A.D.  1689,  an  Oath  of  Allegiance  was  promulgated. 

The  Bishops  Avho  refused  to  take  the  Oath  were 

William  Bancroft,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury. 

Thomas  Kenn,  Bishop  of  Bath  and  Wells. 

Francis  Turner,  "        "   Ely. 

Robert  Frampton,  "        "  Gloucester. 

William  Lloyd,  "        ''   Norwich.    ■ 

Thomas  White,  "        "   Peterborough. 

William  Tiiomas,  "        "   Worcester. 

John  Lake,  "        "   Chichester. 

Thomas  Cartwright,    ''        "    Chester. 

On  the  24th  day  of  February,  a.d.  1693,  Bishops  Lloyd,  White 
and  Turner,  Consecrated  George  Ilickes,  as  Bishop  Suffi-agan  of 
Thetford. 

In  1713,  Ilickes  went  to  Scotland,  and,  assisted  by  Bishops  Gad- 
derev  and  Campbell,  of  the  Scots  Church,  Consecrated  Jeremiah 
Collier.  Samuel  Ilawes,  and  Nathaniel  Spinkes. 

In  1716,  Bishops  Collier,  Spinkes  and  Ilawes,  Consecrated  Henry 
Gandy. 

In  1720,  Bishops  Spinkes,  Ilawes  and  Gandy,  Consecrated  Ralph 
Taylor,  who  Consecrated  Welton  and  Talbot. 

Neither  Taylor,  Welton  nor  Talbot,  was  recognized  as  Bishop  de 
jure,  even  by  the  Nonjurors. 


PREFACE.  7 

and  irregular,  but  quite  valid.  It  made  thorn  liisliops, 
but  without  "jurisdiction,"  and  therefore  without  power 
to  exercise  Ei)iscopal  Authority  or  to  perform  E[>isco- 
pal  Acts. 

Both  came  to  America.  Bishop  Welton  was  the 
Tiector  of  Christ  Church,  l»hiladclphia,  from  July, 
1724,  until  Janiuiry,  1726,  and  Bishop  Talbot  was  the 
Founder  and  Rector  of  S.  Mary's  Church,  Burlington, 
New  Jersey. 

Bishop  Talbot  died  in  November,  1727,  and  was 
buried  in  the  Church  Yard  of  S.  Mary's,  in  Burling- 
ton. (For  a  full  account  of  Bishop  Talbot,  see  The 
History  of  S.  Mary's  Church,  Burlington,  by  the  Rev. 
Geo.  Morgan  Hills,  D.D.) 

Bishop  AVclton  went  to  Portugal,  and  died  at  Lisbon, 
A.D.  1726. 

The  account  of  Bishop  Seabury's  Consecration,  with 
the  Succession  of  the  Scottish  Bishops,  I  have  thought 
it  well  to  reprint,  together  with  some  official  papers 
relating  to  the  Consecration  of  Bishop  White  and 
Bishop  Provoost. 

The  Succession  in  Canterbury,  no  well-read  man  can 
doubt  for  a  moment.  Koman  Catholic  Scholar.^  have 
long  since  abandoned  the  silly  "  Nag's  Head  Fable,"* 

*  CHRisTOPnER  Hollywood,  or  Iloliwood,  chr  ;\  Sacro  Bosco.  Sa- 
croboscus,  or,  as  he  sometimes  signed  himself,  Johannes  Buslilock. 
was  an  Irish  Jesuit,  born  in  Dublin,  a.d.  1562.  At  the  age  of  22, 
he  embraced  the  Institute  of  S.  Ignatius  at  Dol,  in  France.  lie 
subsequently  rose  to  distinction  as  a  Professor  of  Philosophy  and 
Divinity  at  Padua.  lie  was  ordered  to  Ireland  to  preside  over  his 
brethren,  and  embarked  at  Dieppe,  in  January,  a.d.  1599,  disguised 
as  a  merchant.  On  reaching  Dover,  he  was  apprehended  and  com- 
mitted to  prison  for  refusing  to  take  the  Oath  of  Supremacy. 


PREFACE. 


published  in  Antwerp,  a.d.  1604,  by  a  Jesuit  Priest, 
named  Christopher   liollywood,  (or  Holiwood,)  who, 


lie  was  removed  to  Lomlon,  where  he  was  examined  by  Lord  Cob- 
ham,  Governor  of  the  Cinque  Ports,  and  sent  to  the  Secretary,  Sir 
Robert  Cecil.  He  confessed  that  he  was  a  "  Priest  and  a  Jesuit."' 
This  he  did  because  many  persons  in  the  kingdom  Avere  well  ac- 
quiiinted  with  him  at  Padua. 

Cecil  told  him  that  he  would  not  be  disturbed,  if  he  did  not  inter- 
fere in  political  matters,  lleplying  at  once  with  a  defence  of  his 
Order  and  a  warm  vindication  of  its  principles,  Cecil  became  alarmed, 
and  put  him  in  close  custody  for  three  months. 

At  the  end  of  this  time,  upon  the  urgent  solicitation  of  a  relative, 
(Lord  Dunsany,)  he  had  liberty  to  receive  his  friends. 

He  was  subsequently  removed  to  Framlington  (or  Framingham) 
Castle,  where  he  remained  until  the  accession  of  James  I.  to  the 
Throne  of  England,  a.d.  1603.  "  In  the  beginning  of  this  year," 
says  Challoner,  "  one  Bishop  of  Ireland  and  four  Fathers  of  the 
"  Society  of  Jesus,  sixteen  other  Priests,  and  four  Catholic  laymen, 
"  prisoners  in  Framingham  Castle,  were  transported  into  perpetual 
"  banishment.  The  names  of  the  four  Jesuits,  were  Christopher 
"  Holiwood,  Roger  Floyd,  Edward  Coffin,  and  Ralf  Brickley." 

This  was  by  virtue  of  the  King's  proclamation. 

Letters  of  Hollywood  show  him  to  have  been  at  Lisle,  June  30th, 
A.D.  1603,  and  at  Douay,  on  the  16th  of  July  in  the  same  year. 

Hollywood  embarked  from  St.  Malo,  and  reached  Ireland,  March 
16th,  1604 — the  eve  of  S.  Patrick's  Day — "Omen  uti  spero  felix,"  as 
he  wrote  in  a  letter  telling  of  his  safe  arrival.  Here  we  lose  sight 
of  him  until  May  1st,  1614,  when  he  is  heard  of  once  more  by  a 
denouncement,  made  by  King  James  in  his  speech  to  Parliament. 

The  Royal  Commissioners  reported  in  1615  that  "  Hollywood,  a 
Jesuit,  was  kept  and  harboured  by  Sir  Christopher  Plunkett." 

He  died  September  14th,  a.d.  1616. 

Ills  published  works  are, — 

1.  Defensio  Concilii  Tridentini  et  Sententiae  Bellarmini  de  Aucto- 
ritate  Vulgata3  Editionis.  2.  Libellus  de  investiganda  vera  et  visi- 
bili  Christi  Ecclesia.     4to.     Antwerp,  1604.     3.  De  Mcteoris. 


PREFACE.  9 

having  been  ])ainslied  from  England,  vented  Lis  sjileen 
in  that  reniarkablo  production. 

Mr.  II.  X.  Oxenhani,  one  of  the  most  careful  of 
modern  Ivoman  Catholic  students,  in  a  recent  work  on 
Catholic  Esehatoloo-y,  admits  that  the  Anij-lican  Church 
has  a  "  True  Eucharist,"  because,  he  says  :  "  The  An- 
glican Church  has  (as  I  believe,)  retained  a  true  Priest- 
hood." 

If,  as  I  hope,  my  book  may  find  a  [ilace  among 
works  of  Historic  Kecord  which  are  valued    bv  Stu- 


It  would  be  interesting  to  know  what  this  remarkaljlc  "  story- 
teller' was  about,  during  the  ten  years  from  1004  to  1G14. 

The  "Nag's  Head"'  Story-  "Archbishop  Parker  and  some  of 
the  other  Bishops  were  Consecrated  [so  to  call  it,)  at  The  Nag's  Head 
Tavern  by  a  mock  cerevionij,  all  ioc/elher,  at  one  time,  hy  Dr.  Scory, 
who  teas  himself  in  turn  Consecrated  in  the  like  mock  icay  by  them.''' 

lie  does  not  specify  the  time  of  this  Consecration,  and  he  forgot 
that  Dr.  Scorv  had  been  consecrated  in  1551,  long  before  the  time 
claimed  by  anybody  as  the  time  of  Parker's  Consecration  !  Forty- 
five  years  after  Parker's  Consecration,  tliia  remarkable  tale  is  pub- 
lished to  the  world  !  It  reflects  little  credit  on  the  lloman  Catholic 
authorities  who  circulated  it,  either  for  honesty  of  intention  or  for 
integrity  of  action.  That  it  should  have  gained  a  moment's  credence 
is  indeed  a  marvel ! 

"  The  universal  silence  of  all  the  Romish  writers  of  tiiat  age,  when 
the  'Nag's  Head  Ordination'  is  pretended  to  have  been  done,  in  a 
case  which  concerned  them  all  so  nearly,  and  which  was  the  chief 
subject  of  all  their  disputes,  is  a  convincing  proof  to  all  men  who 
are  not  altogether  possessed  with  prejudice,  that  either  it  was  de- 
vised long  after,  or  was  so  lewd  a  lie,  that  no  man  dared  to  own  it, 
whilst  thousands  of  eye-witnesses  of  ARcnr.isiiop  Parker's  true 
Consecration  at  Lambeth  were  living." — Archbishop  Bramham.. 

(The  Editor  thankfully  acknowledges  his  obligations  to  The  Rev. 
Thomas  C.  Yarnall,  D.D.,  Rector  of  S.  Mary's  Church,  Philadelphia, 
for  his  kindly  assistance  in  gathering  the  incidents  of  this  note.) 

A* 


10  FliEFACE. 

dents  and  men  of  letters,  I  shall  be  amply  repaid  for 
all  my  labor, 

To"^  The  Right  Rev.  Wm.  Bacon  Stevens,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  for  free  access  to  his  very  complete  collection 
of  Journals,  and  for  valuable  assistance,  I  gladly  record 
my  obligations  and  very  sincere  thanks. 

It  would  take  too  much  room,  were  I  to  print  nothing 
more  than  the  names  of  those  who  have  kindly  aided 
me  in  the  search  for  dates  and  facts,  and  I  can  only 
thank  them  all  most  cordially  and  gratefully. 

H.  G.  BATTERSOK 

Philadelpuia,  Easter-Tide,  1878. 


CONTEISTTS. 


NAME   OF   BISHOP. 


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Samuel  Seabury 

William  White 

Samuel  Pro voost 

James  Mailison 

Thomas  John  Claggett 

Robert  Smith 

PMward  Bat^s 

Abraham  Jarvis 

Benjamin  Moore 

Samuel  Parker 

John  Henry  Hobart 

Alexander  Viets  (Jriswold , 

Theodore  Dehon 

Richard  Channing  Moore 

James  Kemp 

John  Crocs 

Nathaniel  Boweii 

Philander  Chase 

Thomas  Church  Brownell 

John  Stark  Ravenscroft 

Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk 

William  Meade 

William  Murray  Stone 

Benjamin  Trcdwell  Onderdonk 

Levi  Silliman  Ives 

John  Henry  Hopkins 

Benjamin  Bosworth  Smith 

Charles  Pettit  Mellvaine 

George  Washington  Doane 

James  Ilcrvey  Otey 

Jackson  Kemper 

Samuel  Allen  MuCoskry 

Leonidas  Polk 


NAME   OF   SEE. 


Connecti'rilt 

PennHjjln(ini(t 

New  York 

Virginut 

Man/loiid 

Sdiiih  Carol;,,,! 

Mantiiicli  iisittK 

Connecticut 

New  York 

MtisaachnsnttH 

New  York 

Eastern  Diocese , 

South  Carolina  

Virginia 

Maryland 

NeiD  Jersey 

South  Carolina 

Ohio 

Connecticut 

North  Carolina 

Pennsylra  nia 

Virginia  

Maryland 

N^ew   York 

North   Caroliuii 

Vermont 

Kentuchij 

Ohio....'. 

New  Jersey 

Tennessee 

Wisconsin 

Michigan 

Louisiana 

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NAME   OF   BISHOP. 


William  Heathcote  De  Lancey 

Christopher  Edwards  Gadsden 

William  Rollinson  Whittinghara... 

Stephen  Elliott 

Alfred  Lee 

John  Johns 

Manton  Eastburn 

John  Prentiss  Kewley  llenshaw... 

Carlton  Chase 

Nicholas  Hamner  Cobbs 

Cicero  Stephens  Hawks 

William  Jones  Boone 

George  Washington  Freeman 

Horatio  Southgate 

Alonzo  Potter 

George  Burgess 

George  Upfold 

William  Mercer  Green 

John  Payne 

Francis  linger  Rvitledge 

John  Williams 

Henry  John  Whitehouse 

Jonathan  Mayhew  Wainwright 

Thomas  Frederick  Davis 

Thomas  Atkinson 

William  Ingraham  K  ip 

Thomas  Fielding  Scott 

Henry  Washington  Lee 

Horatio  Potter 

Thomas  March  Clark 

Samuel  Bowman 

Alexander  Gregg 

William  Henry  Odeuheiiner 

Gregory  Thurston  Bedell 

Henry  Benjamin  Whipple 

Henry  Chamj)lin  Lay 

Joseph  Cruikshank  Talbot 

William  Bacon  Stevens 

Richard  Honker  Wilmer 

Thomas  Hubbard  Vail 

Arthur  Cleveland  Coxe 

Charles  Todd  Quintai'd 

Robert  Harper  Clarkson 

George  Maxwell  Randall 

John  Barrett  Kerfoot 

Channing  Moore  Williams 

Joseph  Pere  Bell  Wilmer 

George  David  Cummins 

AVilliam  Edmond  Armitage 

Henry  Adams  Neely 


NAME   OF  SEE. 


Western  New  York- , 

South   Carolina  

Maryland , 

<''^'»-<lla 

Delaware 

Virginia , 

Massachnsett'i 

Rhode  Island 

Ne\o  Hampshire 

Alabama , 

Missouri 

Amoy,   China 

Arkansas 

Constuntinojile 

Pennsylvania 

Maine , 

Indiana 

Mississijjj^i 

Africa 

Florida 

Connecticut ...  

Illinois 

New  York 

Soitth  Carolina 

North  Carolina 

California  

Oregon  and  Washington 

Iowa 

New  York .-. 

Rhode  Island 

Pennsylvania 

Texas 

New  Jersey 

Ohio 

Minnesota , 

Easton 

Indiana 

Pennsylva  nia 

Alabama 

Kansas , 

Western  New  York 

Tennessee - 

Nebraska 

Colorado 

Pittsburg 

Yedo,  Japan 

Louisiana 

Kentucky 

Wisconsin 

Maine 


CONTESTS. 


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NAME   OF   BISHOP. 


Daniel  Sylvester  Tuttlc 

John  Frociuan  Younj^ 

John  W:itriis  lluL-kwitli 

Fiiiucis  AIc-Nocce  Whittle 

Win.  Henry  Augu.-^tus  lii.^sell 

Charle.s  Franklin  Kobertson 

Benjamin  Wist;ir  Morris 

Abram  Xewkirk  Littlcjolin 

William  C'roswell  Duane 

Frederic  Dan  liiinlinicton 

Ozi  William  Whittaker 

Henry  Xiles  Pierce 

William  Woodrufl'  Nile.s 

William   Pinkney 

William  IJell  White  Howe 

Mark  Antony  l)eWo!f'e  Howe 

William  Hobart  Hare 

John  (iottlicb  Auer 

Benjamin  Henry  Paddock 

Theodore  Benedict  Lyman 

.John  Franklin  Spalding 

Edward  Randolpli  Welles 

Robert  W.  B.  Elliott 

John  Henry  Ducaehct  Wingfield 

Alexander  Charles  Garrett 

William  Forbes  Adams 

Thomas  Underwood  Dudley 

John  Scarb:)roiigh 

(xcorge  l)e  Normaiidie  (iillespie.. 

Thomas  Augustus  Jauger 

AVilliani  Edward  Mel.aren 

Jidin  Henry  Hobart  Brown 

William  Stevens  Perry 

Charles  Clifton  Penick 

Samuel  I.  J.  Schcrescl  ewskv 


NAME   OF  SEE. 


Montana 

Florida 

Georyin 

■  Viryinia 

VermoHt 

Mivaouri 

Oreijon   and    Wanhiinjton.. 

Lonij   Island 

AUiitny 

Viiitiiil  New   York 

J\'crnda 

A  r/,(i  iixas 

New  Hunijmli ire 

Ma  rylnnd 

South  Carolina 

Central  Pemiiylvan in 

Niobrara 

C'/^je  Palmas 

Masniichnsettx 

North  Carolina 

Colorado 

Wiseonsin 

^Vestern  Texan 

Northern   California 

Northern  Texas 

New  Mexico  and  Arizona.. 

Ken tneky 

New  Jersey 

Western  Mich  iyo  n 

Son  til  em  Ohio 

Illinois 

Fond  du  Lae 

Iowa 

Cape  I'alnias 

Shanyhai 


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PAPEHS 

RELATIVE    TO    THE 

EPISCOPATE    li^    SCOTLAND. 

SHOWING    THE 

SUCCESSION  FROM  CANTERBURY 

TO 

CONNECTICUT. 


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PAPERS  EELATRT!:  TO   THE  EPISCOPATE 
m  SCOTLAND. 


Extract  from  the  Register  of  Archbishop  Juxon,  in  the  Lihrary  of 
his  Grace  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  at  Lambeth  Palace. — 
Fol.  237. 

"  It  appears  that  James  Sharp  was  Consecrated  Arch- 
bishop of  St,  Andrew's — Andrew  Fairfoull,  Archbishop 
of  Glasgow — Robert  Leighton,  Bishop  of  Doublenen 
(Dunbhme) — and  James  Hamilton,  Bishop  of  Galloway 
— on  the  15th  day  of  December,  1661,  in  St.  Peter's 
Church,  "Westminster,  by  Gilbert,  Bishop  of  London, 
Commissary  to  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury;  and 
that  the  Right  Rev.  George,  Bishop  of  "Worcester, 
John,  Bishop  of  Carlisle,  and  Hugh,  Bishop  of  Lan- 
daif,  were  present  and  assisting." 

Extracted  this  3d  day  of  June,  1789,  by  me, 

William  Dickes,  Secretary. 

London',  June  3,  1789. 
That  the  above  is  a  true  copy  of  an  extract  procured 
by  order  of  Archbishop  Moore,  to  be  sent  to  Bishop 
Scabury,  in  Connecticut,  is  attested  by  us.  Bishops  of 
the  Scottish  Church,  now  in  this  place  on  business  of 
importance  to  the  said  Church. 

John  Skinner,  Bishop. 

William  Abernethy  Drummond,  Bishop. 

John  Strachan,  Bishop. 

2*  17 


18  THE  EPISCOPATE  IN  SCOTLAND. 


A  List  of  ilie  Consecration  and  Succession  of  Scots  Bishops,  since 
the  Revolution,  1G88,  under  William  the  Third,  as  far  as  the  Con- 
secration of  Bishop  Seabury  is  conoerned. 

1693.  Feb.  23. — Dr.  George  Hicks,  was  Consecrated 
Suffragan  of  Thetforcl,  in  the  Bishop  of  Peterborough's 
chapel,  in  the  parish  of  Enfield,  by  Dr.  William  Lloyd, 
Bishop  of  Norwich,  Dr.  Francis  Turner,  Bishop  of  Ely, 
and  Dr.  Thomas  Wliite,  Bishop  of  Peterborough.^ — 
K.B.  Dr.  Lloyd,  Dr.  Turner,  and  Dr.  Wliite,  were  three 
of  the  English  Bishops  who  were  deprived  at  the  rev- 
olution, by  the  civil  power,  for  not  swearing  allegiance 
to  William  the  Third.  They  were  also  three  of  the 
Seven  Bishops  who  had  been  sent  to  the  Tower  by 
James  the  Second,  for  refusing  to  order  an  illegal 
proclamation  to  be  read  in  their  Dioceses. 

1705.  Jan.  25. — Mr.  John  Sage,  formerly  one  of  the 
Ministers  of  Glasgow,  and  Mr.  John  Fullarton,  for- 
merly Minister  of  Paisley,  were  Consecrated  at  Edin- 
burgh, by  John  Paterson,  Archbishop  of  Glasgow, 
Alexander  Rose,  Bishop  of  Edinburgh,  and  Robert 
Douglas,  Bishop  of  Dunblane. — N.  B.  Archbishop 
Paterson,  Bishop  Rose,  and  Bishop  Douglas,  were 
deprived  at  the  revolution,  by  the  civil  power,  be- 
cause they  refused  to  swear  allegiance  to  AVilliam  the 
Third. 

1709.  A2)ril  28.— oSlr.  John  Falconar,  Minister  at 
Cairnbee,  and  Air.  Henry  Chrystie,  Minister  at  Kin- 
ross, were  Consecrated  at  Dundee,  by  Bishop  Rose  of 
Edinburgh,  Bishop  Douglas  of  Dunblane,  and  Bishop 
Sage. 

1711.  Au{j.  25. — The  Honourable  Archibald  Camp- 


THE  Kl'ISCOPATE  IN   SCOTLAND.  19 

bell  AViis  Consecrated  at  Dundee,  by  Bishop  Rose  of 
Edinburgh,  Bishop  Douglas  of  Dunblane,  and  Bishop 
Falconar. 

1712.  Feb.  24. — Mr.  James  Gadderar,  formerly  Min- 
ister at  Kilmaurs,  was  Consecrated  at  London, by  Bishop 
Ilickes,  Bishop  Falconar,  and  Bishop  Campbell. 

1712.  Oct.  '2-1. — Mr.  Arthur  Millar,  formerly  Minister 
at  Inveresk,  and  ^Ir.  William  Irvine,  formerly  Minister 
at  Ivirkmichael,  in  Carrict,  were  Consecrated  at  Edin- 
burgh, by  Bishop  Rose  of  Edinburgh,  Bishop  Fullar- 
ton,  and  Bishop  Falconar. 

After  tlic  Bishop  of  EdinburglTs  death. 

1722.  Oct.  7. — Mr:  Andrew  Cant,  formerly  one  of 
the  Ministers  of  Edinburgh,  and  !Mr.  David  Freel)airn, 
formerl}^  Minister  of  Dunning,  were  Consecrated  at 
Edinburgh,  by  Bishop  Fullarton,  Bishop  Millar,  and 
Bishop  Irvine. 

1722.  Jime  4.— Dr.  Tliomas  Rattray,  of  Craighall, 
was  Consecrated  at  Edinburgh,  by  Bishop  Gadderar, 
Bishop  Millar,  and  Bishop  Cant. 

1727.  Jane  18. — Mr.  William  Dunbar,  Minister  at 
Cruden,  and  Mr.  Robert  Keith,  Presbyter  in  Edin- 
burgh, were  Consecrated  at  Edinburgh,  by  Bishop  Gad- 
derar, Bishop  Millar,  and  Bishop  Rattray. — iS'.B.  They 
who  were  deprived  of  their  parishes  at  the  revolution 
are,  in  this  list,  called  Ministers;  l)ut  they  who  have 
not  been  parish  Ministers  under  the  civil  estal)lishment, 
are  called  Presbyters. 

1736.  Jane  24. — Mr.  Robert  White,  Presbyter  at 
Cupar,  was  Consecrated  at  Carsel)ank,  near  Forfar,  by 
Bishop  Rattray,  Bishop  Dunbar,  and  Bishop  Keith. 

1741.  Sept.  10. — Mr.  William  Falconar,  Presbyter  at 


20  THE  EPISCOPATE  IN  SCOTLAND. 

Forres,  was  Consecrated  at  Alloa,  in  Clacmannansliire, 
by  Bisliop  Eattray,  Bishop  Keith,  and  Bishop  "Wliite. 

1742.  Oct.  4. — Mr.  James  Rait,  Presbj-ter  at  Dun- 
dee, was  Consecrated  at  Edinburgh,  by  Bishop  Rattray, 
Bishop  Keith,  and  Bishop  Wliite. 

1743.  Aug.  19. — Mr.  John  Alexander,  Presb}i:er  at 
Alloa,  in  Clacmannansliire,  was  Consecrated  at  Edin- 
burgh, by  Bishop  Keith,  Bishop  Wliite,  Bishop  Fal- 
conar,  and  Bishop  Rait. 

1747.  July  17. — Mr.  Andrew  Gerard,  Presbyter  in 
Aberdeen,  was  Consecrated  at  Cupar,  in  Eife,  by  Bishop 
White,  Bishop  Falconar,  Bishop  Rait,  and  Bishop  Alex- 
ander. 

1759.  Nov.  1. — Mr.  Henry  Edgar  was  Consecrated  at 
Cupar,  in  Eife,  by  Bishop  Wliite,  Bishop  Falconar, 
Bishop  Rait,  and  Bishop  Alexander,  as  coadjutor  to 
Bishop  White,  then  Primus. — iST.B.  Anciently,  no 
Bishop  in  Scotland  had  the  stile  of  Archbishop,  but 
one  of  them  had  a  precedency,  under  the  stile  of  Primus 
Scotise  Episcopus.  And  after  the  revolution  they  re- 
turned to  their  old  stile,  which  they  still  retain,  one  of 
them  being  entitled  Primus,  to  whom  precedency  is 
allowed,  and  deference  paid  in  the  Synod  of  Bishops. 

1762.  June  24. — Mr.  Robert  Forbes  was  Consecrated 
at  Forfar,  by  Bishop  Falconar,  Primus,  Bishop  Alex- 
ander, and  Bishop  Gerard. 

1768.  Sept.  21.— Mr.  Robert  Kilgour,  Presbyter  at 
Peterhead,  was  Consecrated  Bishop  of  Aberdeen,  at 
Cupar,  in  Fife,  by  Bishop  Falconar,  Primus,  Bishop 
Rait,  and  Bishop  Alexander. 

1744.  Aug.  24. — Mr.  Charles  Rose,  Presbyter  at 
Down,  was  Consecrated  Bishop  of  Dunblane,  at  For- 


THE  EPISCOPATE  IN  SCOTLAND.  0\ 

far,  by  Bishop  Faleoiuir,  Prinuis,  Bishop  Eait,  and 
Bishop  Forbes. 

1776.  June  27. — Mr.  Arthur  I'etric,  Prcsbj-ter  at 
Meikelfolla,  was  Consecrated  Bisliop  Coadjutor  at 
iDundee,  by  Bishop  Falconar,  Primus,  Bisliop  Bait, 
Bishop  Xi]<i|;our,  and  Bisliop  Bose,  and  appointc(l 
J>ishop  of  Ross  and  Caithness,  July  8tli,  1777. — X.B. 
After  the  revolution,  the  Bishops  in  Scotland  had  no 
particular  Diocess,  but  managed  their  ecclesiastical 
affairs  in  one  body  as  a  College;  but  findinii*  incon- 
veniences in  this  mode,  they  took  particular  Dioceses, 
"svliich,  thoug'h  not  exactly  according  to  the  limits  of 
the  Dioceses  under  the  former  legal  establishment,  still 
retain  their  old  names. 

1778.  Aufj.  13. — Mr.  George  Inness,  Presbyter  in 
Aberdeen,  was  Consecrated  Bishop  of  Brechin,  at 
Alloa,  by  Bishop  Falconar,  l^rimus,  Bishop  Bose,  and 
Bishop  Petrie. 

1782.  Sept.  25. — Mr.  John  Skinner,  Presb;y'ter  in 
Aberdeen,  Avas  Consecrated  Bishop  Coadjutor,  at 
Luthermuir,  in  the  Diocess  of  Brechin,  by  Bisliop 
Kilgour,  Primus,  Bishop  Rose,  and  Bishop  Petrie. 

1784.  Nov.  14. — Dr.  Samuel  Seabury,  Presbyter,  from 
the  State  of  Connecticut,  in  America,  was  Consecrated 
Bisho[)  at  Aberdeen,  by  Bishop  Kilgour,  Primus,  Bishop 
Petrie,  and  Bishop  Skinner, — as  by  the  deed  of  Con- 
secration, as  follows,  viz. : 

IX  DEI  NOMESTE.— Amen. 

Omnilnis  ul)ique  Catholicis  per  Presentes  pateat, 
Nos,  Rolicrtum  Kilgour,  miseratione  divina,  Episco- 
pum  Aberdonien — Arthurum  Petrie,  Episcopum  Ros- 


22  THE  EPISCOPATE  IN  SCOTLAND. 

sen  et  Moravien — et  Joaiincm  Skinner,  Episcopum  Co- 
adjutorem ;  Hysteria  Sacra  Domini  nostri  Jesn  Christi 
in  Oratorio  supradicti  Joannis  Skinner  apud  Aber- 
doniam  celebrantes,  Divini  Numinis  Prsesidio  fretos 
(presentibus  tarn  e  Clero,  quam  e  Populo  testibus 
idoneis)  Samuelem  Seaburj,  Doctorem  Divinitatis,  sacro 
Presbyteratus,  ordine  jam  decoratum,  ac  nobis  pr?e 
Vitse  integritate,  Mornm  probitate  et  Orthodoxia,  com- 
mendatumi,  et  ad  docendum  et  regendum  aptum  et 
idonium,  ad  sacrum  et  sublimem  Episcopatus  Ordinem 
promovisse,  et  rite  ac  canonice,  secundum  Morem  et 
Ritus  Ecclesiffi  ScoticantB,  consecrasse,  Die  Novembris 
decimo  quarto,  Anno  ^rre  Cbristianse  Millesimo  Sep- 
tingentisimo  Octagesimo  Quarto. 

In  cujus  Rei  Testimonium,  Instrumento  buic  (chiro- 
grapbis  nostis  prius  munito)  Sigilla  nostra  apponi  man- 
davimus. 

RoBERTus  KiLGOUR,  J^piscojnis,  et  Primus,     [l.  s.] 
Artiiurus  Petrie,  Episcoims.  [l.  s.] 

Joannes  Skinner,  Eplscopus.  [l.  s.] 


P(t2)ers  froyn  "  The  Minute  Book''^  of  The  College  of  BiahojJS  in 
Scotland. 

Synod  1784. 

In  tbe  name  of  tbe  Holy  and  Undivided  Trinity. 
Amen. 

Tbe  American  States  baving  been  by  tlie  Legislature 
of  Great  Britain  declared  independent,  tbe  Christians 
of  tbe  Episcopal  persuasion  in  tbe  State  of  Connecticut, 
wbo  bad  long  been  anxiously  desirous  to  bave  a  valid 
and  purely  ecclesiastical  Episcopacy  establisbed  amongst 


THE   EPISCOPATE  IN  SCOTLAND.  23 

them,  thought  they  had  now  a  favourable  opportunity 
of  o-cttino;  this  their  desire,  effected. 

With  this  view,  the  llev.  Dr.  Samuel  Seabury,  one 
of  the  Episcopal  clergy  in  that  State,  was  sent  ovc-i;  to 
Eno-land  with  ample  certitieates  of  his  piety,  abilities 
ancl  learning,  and  fitness  for  the  Episcopal  ofhce   and 
recommendations  by  his  brethren,  both  in  Connecticu 
and  New  York,  to  the  Archbishops  of  Canterbury  and 
York,  requesting  that  he  might  be  consecrated  lor  tl.e 
State  of  Connecticut.     After  a  long  stay  m  England, 
and  fruitless  application  for  Consecration,  Dr.  Seabury 
wrote  and  made  application  to  the  Bishops  o    Scotland, 
who,   after    having   seriously   considered   the   matter, 
readily  concurred  to  encourage  and  promote  the  pro- 
posal     In  consequence  of  this,  Dr.  Seabury  came  to 
Scotland;  and  having  notified  his  arrival,  achiy  was 
fixed  for  his  Consecration,  and  the  place  appointed  was 
Aberdeen.      On  Saturday,  the  13th  of  November,  m 
the  year  of  our  Lord  1784,  the  following  Bishops,  viz. : 
-The  Rio-ht  Rev.    Mr.  Robert  Kilgour,  Bishop   of 
Aberdeen'and   Primus;    the  Right  Rev.   Mr    John 
Skinner,  his  coadjutor;   and  the  Right  Uov    Uv_Av- 
thur  Petrie,  Bishop  of  Ross  and  Moray,  (the  Right 
Kev    Mr.  Charles  Rose,  Bishop  of  Dunblane,  having 
pre^dously  signified  his  assent,  and  becused  his  absence 
by  reason  of  his  state  of  health  and  great  distance,) 
convened  at  Aberdeen,  where  Dr.  Seabury  met  them, 
and  laid  before  them  the  following  letters  and  papers, 
viz  •    (1)  An  attested  copy  of  a  letter  from  the  clerg)- 
of  Connecticut  to  the  Archbishop  of  York,  recom- 
mending Dr.  Seabury  m  very  strong  terms,  and  re- 
questing^ he   miuht  be  Consecrated  for   Connecticut. 


24  THE  EPISCOPATE  IN  SCOTLAND. 

(2.)  Another  copy  of  a  letter  from  the  clergy  of  New 
York  to  both  the  Archbishops,  signifying  their  con- 
currence and  highly  approving  of  tlie  measure.  (3.)  A 
full  and  ample  testimonial  from  the  clergy  of  Connec- 
ticut and  ITew  York,  jointly  certifying  Dr.  Seabury's 
learning,  abilities,  prudence,  and  zeal  for  religion,  and 
that  they  believed  him  to  be  every  way  qualified  for 
the  sacred  office  of  a  Bishop.  (4.)  A  letter  from  the 
Committee  of  the  Clergy  in  Connecticut  to  .Dr.  Sea- 
bury,  acquainting  him  that  they  had  made  application 
to  the  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  as  to 
what  protection  might  be  expected  for  a  Bishop  in 
that  State,  if  they  should  be  able  to  procure  one. 
That  their  application  met  with  a  degree  of  candour 
and  attention  beyond  their  expectation ;  and  that  the 
opinion  of  the  leading  members  of  the  Assendjly 
appeared  to  coincide  fully  with  theirs  in  respect  of 
the  need,  propriety,  and  prudence  of  such  a  measure. 
That  these  members  told  them  they  had  passed  a  law 
concerning  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  invested  her 
with  all  the  legal  powers  and  rights  that  is  intended 
by  their  constitution  to  give  to  any  denomination. 
That  the  protection  asked  for  was  necessarily  included 
in  the  act;  that  let  a  Bishop  come,  when  he  is  there  he 
will  stand  upon  the  same  ground  that  the  rest  of  the 
clergy  do,  or  the  Church  at  large.  That  the  Legislature 
of  the  State  would  be  so  far  from  taking  any  umbrage, 
that  in  this  transaction  the  Bishops  would  meet  their 
generous  wishes,  and  do  a  thing  for  which  they  would 
have  their  applause.  (5.)  A  letter  from  the  Committee 
of  Convention  in  Connecticut  to  Dr.  Seabury,  amongst 
other  things,  signifying  their  reliance  on  his  zeal  and 


THE  EPISCOPATE  IN  SCOTLAND.  25 

fortituflc  to  prosecute  the  affair  in  such  way  as  lie  can, 
and  begging  he  will  remember  that,  however  glad  they 
shall  be  to  see  him,  and  wish  speed  to  the  opportunity 
that  may  enable  them  to  bid  him  a  happy  welcome,  yet 
that  his  coming  a  Bishop  will  only  prevent  its  being  an 
unhappy  meeting.  (6.)  A  letter  from  Mr.  Jarvis,  Sec- 
retary of  the  Committee,  to  Dr.  Seabury,  accompany- 
ing the  above  letter,  wherein  !Mr.  Jarvis  says,  you  may 
depend  upon  it  you  will  be  kindly  treated  in  this  State, 
let  your  ordination  come  from  what  quarter  it  will. 
(7.)  An  attested  copy  of  the  above-mentioned  Act  of 
the  State  of  Connecticut  for  securing  the  rights  of 
conscience  in  matters  of  religion  to  Christians  of  every 
denomination,  passed  in  the  January  session  1783. 

The  said  Bishops  thus  convened,  after  reading  and 
considering  these  papers,  and  conversing  at  full  length 
with  Dr.  Seabury,  were  fully  satisfied  of  his  fitness  to 
be  promoted  to  the  Episcopate,  and  of  the  reasonable- 
ness and  propriety  of  the  request  of  these  papers ;  and 
therefore,  the  day  following  being  Sunday,  the  14th  of 
the  said  month  of  IN^ovember,  after  morning  prayers, 
and  a  sermon  suitable  to  the  occasion,  preached  by 
Bishop  Skinner,  they  proceeded  to  the  Consecration 
of  the  said  Dr.  Samuel  Seabury,  in  the  said  Bishop 
Skinner's  Chapel  in  Aberdeen,  and  he  was  then  and 
there  duly  Consecrated  with  all  becoming  solemnity  by 
the  said  Right  Rev.  Mr.  Robert  Kilgour,  Mr.  Arthur 
Petrie,  and  Mr.  John  Skinner,  in  the  presence  of  a 
considerable  number  of  respectable  clergymen  and  a 
great  number  of  laity,  on  which  occasion  all  testified 
great  satisfaction.  On  Monday  the  15th,  a  Concordate 
betwixt  the  Episcopal  Church  in  Scotland  and  that 
B  3 


26  THE  EPISCOPATE  IN  SCOTLAND. 

in  Connecticut  was  formed  and  agreed  upon  by  the 
Bishops  of  Scotland  and  Bishop  Seabury,  to  their 
mutual  satisfaction  ;  and  two  duplicates  thereof,  wrote 
upon  vellum,  were  duly  signed  and  sealed  by  all  the 
four.  One  duplicate,  together  with  the  above-men- 
tioned letters  and  papers  respecting  Dr.  Seabury,  was 
kept  by  the  Bishops  of  Scotland,  to  be  preserved 
among  their  records ;  and  the  other  double,  together 
with  a  letter  from  the  Bishops  of  Scotland  to  the 
clergy  of  Connecticut,  wrote  also  upon  vellum,  and 
duly  signed  and  sealed,  was  delivered  to  Bishop  Sea- 
bury: and  so  the  Synod  broke  up.  Copies  of  the 
Concordate  and  letter  are  herein  inserted,  and  are  as 
follows : 

Concordat. 

In  the  name  of  the  Holy  and  Undivided  Trinity, 
Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost,  one  God,  Blessed  for 
ever.  Amen.  The  wise  and  gracious  providence  of 
this  merciful  God  having  put  it  into  the  hearts  of  the 
Christians  of  the  Episcopal  persuasion  in  Connecticut 
in  North  America,  to  desire  that  the  blessings  of  a 
free,  valid,  and  purely  ecclesiastical  Episcopacy  might 
be  communicated  to  them,  and  a  Church  regularly 
formed  in  that  part  of  the  western  world,  on  the  most 
ancient  and  primitive  model;  and  application  having 
been  made  for  this  purpose  by  the  Rev.  Doctor  Samuel 
Seabury,  Presbyter  in  Connecticut,  to  the  Right  Rev. 
the  Bishops  of  the  Church  in  Scotland,  the  said  Bishops 
having  taken  this  proposal  into  their  serious  considera- 
tion, most  heartily  concurred  to  promote  and  encourage 
the  same  as  far  as  lay  in  their  power,  and,  accordingly, 
began  the  pious  and  good  work  recommended  to  them, 


TJIE   KPISCOPATK   IN  SCOrLAND.  27 

by  eoinplyin<>'  Avitli  the  request  of  the  cleriry  in  Con- 
necticut, and  advancing  tie  same  Dr.  Samuel  Seal)urv 
to  the  high  order  of  the  Ei)iseopate,  at  the  same  time 
earnestly  prayin-i-  that  this  work  of  the  Lord,  thus  hap- 
pily begun,  might  prosper  in  Ilis  Hand,  till  it  should 
please  the  great  and  glorious  Head  of  the  Churcli  to 
increase  the  number  of  Bisliops  in  America,  and  send 
forth  uiore  such  labourers  into  that  part  of  His  harvest. 
Animated  with  this  pious  hope,  and  earnestly  desirous 
to  establish  a  bond  of  peace  and  holy  communion  be- 
tween the  two  Churches,  the  Bishops  of  the  Church  in 
Scotland,  whose  names  are  underwritten,  having  had 
full  and  free  conference  with  Bishop  Seabury,  after  his 
Consecration  and  advancement  as  aforesaid,  agreed 
with  him  on  the  following  articles,  which  are  to  serve 
as  a  Concordate,  or  bond  of  union,  between  the  Catho- 
lic remainder  of  the  ancient  Church  of  Scotland,  and 
the  now  rising  Church  in  Connecticut. 

Art.  I.  They  agree  in  thankfully  receiving,  and 
hund)ly  and  heartily  embracing  the  whole  doctrine 
of  the  Gospel  as  revealed  and  set  forth  in  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  and  it  is  their  earnest  and  united  desire  to 
maintain  the  analogy  of  the  common  faith  once  de- 
livered to  the  saints,  and  happily  preserved  in  the 
Church  of  Christ,  through  His  Divine  power  and 
protection,  ^Vlio  promised  that  the  gates  of  hell 
should  never  prevail  against  it. 

Art.  n.  They  agree  in  believing  this  Churcli  to  be 
the  mystical  body  of  Christ,  and  of  Avhich  He  alone  is 
the  head  and  supreme  governor,  and  that  under  Him 
the  chief  ministers  or  managers  of  the  affairs  of  this 
.spiritual  society  are  those  called  Bishops,  whose  ex- 


28  THE  EPISCOPATE  IN  SCOTLAND. 

ercise  of  their  sacred  office  being  independent  of  all 
lay  powers,  it  follows,  of  consequence,  that  their  spirit- 
ual authority  and  jurisdiction  cannot  be  affected  by  any 
lay  deprivation. 

Art.  III.  They  agree  in  declaring  that  the  Episcopal 
Church  in  Connecticut  is  to  be  in  full  communion  with 
the  Episcopal  Church  in  Scotland,  it  being  their  sincere 
resolution  to  put  matters  on  such  a  footing  as  that  the 
members  of  both  Churches  may  with  freedom  and  safety 
communicate  with  either,  when  their  occasions  call  tliem 
from  tlie  one  country  to  the  other.  Only  taking  care, 
when  in  Scotland,  not  to  hold  communion  in  sacred 
offices  with  those  persons  who,  under  the  pretence  of 
ordination  by  an  English  or  Irish  Bishop,  do,  or  shall 
take  upon  them  to  officiate  as  clergymen  in  any  part  of 
the  National  Church  of  Scotland,  and  whom  the  Scottish 
Bishops  cannot  help  looking  upon  as  schismatical  in- 
truders, designed  only  to  answer  worldly  purposes,  and 
uncommissioned  disturbers  of  the  poor  remains  of  that 
once  flourishing  Church,  which  both  their  predecessors 
and  they  have,  under  many  difficulties,  labored  to  pre- 
serve pure  and  uncorrupted  to  future  ages. 

Art.  IV.  With  a  view  to  this  salutar}^  purpose  men- 
tioned in  the  preceding  article,  they  agree  in  desiring 
that  there  may  be  as  near  a  conformity  in  worship  and 
discipline  established  between  the  two  Churches  as  is 
consistent  with  the  different  circumstances  and  customs 
of  nations ;  and  in  order  to  avoid  any  bad  effects  that 
might  otherwise  arise  from  political  differences,  they 
hereby  express  their  earnest  wish  and  firm  intention 
to  observe  such  prudent  generality  in  their  public 
prayers  with  respect  to  these  points  as  shall  appear 


THE   KPISCOPATE   IS  SCOrLAND.  20 

most  agreeable  to  Apostolic  rules,  and  tlie  practice  of" 
the  Primitive  Church. 

Art,  Y.  As  the  ceU-hralion  (^f  the  IIolv  Eucharist, 
or  the  administration  of  the  Sacrament  of  the  Body 
and  Blood  of  Christ  is  the  principal  bond  of  union 
amono-  Christians,  a.s  well  as  the  most  solemn  act  of 
M'orship  in  the  Christian  Church,  the  Bisli-ops  aforesaid 
agree  in  desiring  that  there  may  be  as  little  variance 
here  as  possible;  and  though  the  Scottish  Bishops  are 
very  far  from  prescribing  to  their  brethren  in  this 
matter,  they  cannot  help  ardently  wishing  that  Bishop 
Seabury  would  endeavor  all  he  can,  consistently  with 
peace  and  prudence,  to  make  the  celebration  of  this 
Venerable  jNIystery  conformal)le  to  the  most  primitive 
doctrine  and  practice  in  that  respect,  which  is  the  pat- 
tern the  Church  of  Scotland  has  copied  after  in  her 
Communion  Office,  and  which  it  has  been  the  wish  of 
some  of  the  most  eminent  Divines  of  the  Church  of 
England,  that  she  also  had  more  closely  followed  than 
she  seems  to  have  done  since  she  gave  up  her  first 
reformed  Liturgy,  used  in  the  reign  of  King  Edward 
VI.,  between  which,  and  the  form  used  in  the  Church 
of  Scotland,  there  is  no  ditlerence  in  any  point,  which 
the  Primitive  Church  reckoned  essential  to  the  right 
ministration  of  the  Holy  Eucharist.  In  this  capital 
article,  therefore,  the  Eucharistick  service,  in  which  the 
Scottish  Bishops  so  earnestly  wish  for  as  much  unity 
as  possible,  Bishop  Scalniry  also  agrees  to  take  a  seri- 
ous view  of  the  Communion  Office  recommended  by 
them,  and  if  found  agreea])le  to  the  genuine  standards 
of  antiquity,  to  give  his  sanction  to  it,  and  by  gentle 
methods  of  argument  and  persuasion,  to  endeavour,  as 

3* 


30  THE  EPISCOPATE  IN  SCOTLAND. 

they  have  done,  to  introduce  it  by  degrees  into  prac- 
tice, without  the  compulsion  of  authority  on  the  one 
side,  or  the  prejudice  of  former  custom  on  the  other. 

Art.  VI.  It  is  also  hereby  agreed  and  resolved  upon, 
for  the  better  answering  the  purpose  of  this  Concordatc, 
that  a  brotherly  fellowship  bo  henceforth  maintained 
between  the  Episcopal  Churches  in  Scotland  and  Con- 
necticut, and  such  a  mutual  intercourse  of  ecclesiastical 
correspondence  carried  on,  when  opportunity  offers,  or 
necessity  requires,  as  may  tend  to  the  support  and 
edification  of  both  Churches. 

Art.  VIL  The  Bishops  aforesaid  do  hereby  jointly 
declare,  in  the  most  solemn  manner,  that  in  the  whole 
of  this  transaction  they  have  nothing  else  in  view  but 
the  glory  of  God,  and  the  good  of  Ilis  Church;  and 
being  thus  pure  and  upright  in  their  intentions,  they 
cannot  but  hope  that  all  whom  it  may  concern  will  put 
the  most  fair  and  candid  construction  on  their  conduct, 
and  take  no  offence  at  their  feeble  but  sincere  endeavours 
to  promote  what  they  believe  to  be  the  cause  of  truth 
and  the  common  salvation. 

In  testimony  of  their  love  to  which,  and  in  mutual 
good  faith  and  confidence,  they  have,  for  themselves 
and  their  successors  in  office,  cheerfully  put  their  names 
and  seals  to  these  presents,  at  Aberdeen,  this  15th  day 
of  ISTovember,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1784. 
(Sic  Sub.)  Robert  Kilgour, 

Bishop  and  Primus.  [l.  s.] 

John  Skinner,  Bisho}).        [l.  s.] 

Arthur  Petrie,  Bishop,     [l.  s.] 

Samuel  Seabury,  Bishop,    [l.  s.] 

Arthur  Petrie,  Clerk. 


THE  EPISCOPATE  7.V  SCOTLAND.  31 

Letter  from  the  Bishops  of  Scotland  to  the  Kjii.icopal  Clen/i/  of  the 
Slate  of  Connecticut,  in  North  America,  dated  at  Aberdeen  the 
15th  of  November,  1784. 

Rev.  Breturen  and  AVell  Beloved  in  Christ — 
"SVliercas  it  has  been  represented  to  us,  the  Bishops  of 
the  Episcopiil  Church  of  Scotland,  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Samuel  Seabury,  your  fellow  Presbyter  in  the  State  of 
Connecticut,  that  you  are  desirous  to  have  the  blessings 
of  a  free,  valid,  and  purely  ecclesiastical  Episcopacy 
communicated  to  3'ou,  and  that  you  do  consider  the 
Scottish  Episcopacy  to  be  such  in  every  sense  of  the 
word ;  and  the  said  Dr.  Seabury  having  been  suf- 
ficiently recommended  to  us  as  a  person  very  fit  for 
the  Episcopate,  and  whom  you  are  willing  to  acknowl- 
edge and  submit  to  as  your  Bishop,  when  properly 
authorised  to  take  the  charge  of  you  in  that  character — 
Know,  therefore,  dearly  beloved,  that  we,  the  Bishops, 
and,  under  Christ,  the  governors  by  regular  succession, 
of  the  Episcopal  Church  of  Scotland,  considering  the 
reasonableness  of  your  request,  and  being  entirely 
satisfied  \y\th  the  recommendations  in  favour  of  the 
said  Dr.  Samuel  Seabury,  have  accordingly  promoted 
him  to  the  high  order  of  the  Episcopate,  by  the  laying 
on  of  our  hands,  and  have  thereby  invested  him  with 
proper  powers  for  governing  and  performing  all  Epis- 
copal Offices  in  the  Church  subsisting  in  the  State  of 
Connecticut  in  JsTorth  America.  And  having  thus  far 
complied  with  your  desire,  and  done  what  was  incum- 
bent on  us  to  keep  up  the  Episcopal  Succession  in  a 
part  of  the  Christian  Church  which  is  now,  by  mutual 
agreement,  loosed  from  and  given  up  by  those  who 
once  took  the  charge  of  it,  permit  us,  therefore,  Rev- 


32  THE  EPISCOPATE  IN  SCOTLAND. 

ercnd  Brethren,  to  request  your  liearty  and  sincere 
endeavours  to  further  and  carry  on  the  good  work  we 
have  happily  hegun.  To  this  end,  we  hope  you  will 
receive  and  acknowledge  the  Right  Reverend  Bishop 
Seabury  as  your  Bishop,  and  spiritual  governor,  that 
you  will  pay  him  all  due  and  canonical  obedience  in 
that  sacred  character,  and  reverently  apply  to  him  for 
all  Episcopal  Offices  which  you,  or  the  people  committed 
to  your  pastoral  care,  may  stand  in  need  of  at  his 
hands,  till,  through  the  goodness  of  Grod,  the  number 
of  Bishops  be  increased  among  you,  and  the  State  of 
Connecticut  be  divided  into  separate  districts  or  Dio- 
ceses, as  is  the  case  in  other  parts  of  the  Christian 
world.  This  recommendation  w^c  flatter  ourselves  you 
will  take  in  good  part  from  the  governors  of  a  Church 
which  cannot  be  suspected  of  aiming  at  supremacy  of 
any  kind,  or  over  any  people.  Unacquainted  with  the 
politics  of  nations,  and  under  no  temptation  to  inter- 
fere in  matters  foreign  to  us,  we  have  no  other  object 
in  view  but  the  interests  of  the  Mediator's  kingdom, 
no  higher  ambition  than  to  do  our  duty  as  messengers 
of  the  Prince  of  Peace.  In  the  discharge  of  this  duty 
the  example  which  we  wish  to  copy  after  is  that  of  the 
Primitive  Church  while  in  a  similar  situation,  uncon- 
nected with,  and  unsupported  by,  the  temporal  powers. 
On  this  footing,  it  is  our  earnest  desire  that  the  Epis- 
copal Church  in  North  America  be  in  full  communion 
with  the  Episcopal  Church  in  Scotland,  as  we,  the 
underwritten  Bishops,  for  ourselves,  and  our  successors 
in  office,  agree  to  hold  communion  with  Bishop  Sea- 
bury,  and  his  successors,  as  practised  in  the  various 
provinces  of  the  Primitive  Church,  in  all  the  funda- 


THE  EPISCOPATE  IN  SCOTLAND.  33 

mental  articles  of  faith,  and  by  mutual  intercourse  of 
ecclesiastical  correspondence  and  brotherly  fellowship, 
when  opportunity  offers  or  necessity  requires.  Upon 
this  plan,  which  we  hope  will  meet  your  joint  approba- 
tion, and  according  to  this  standard  of  primitive  i)rac- 
tice,  a  Concordate  has  been  drawn  up  and  signed  by 
us,  the  Bishops  of  the  Church  in  Scotland,  on  the  one 
part,  and  by  Bishop  Seabury  on  the  other,  the  articles 
of  which  are  to  serve  as  a  bond  of  union  between  the 
Catholic  remainder  of  the  ancient  Church  of  Scotland, 
and  the  now  rising  Church  in  the  United  States  of 
America.  Of  this  Concordate  a  copy  is  herewith  sent 
for  your  satisfaction ;  and  after  havipg  duly  weighed 
the  several  articles  of  it,  we  hope  you  will  iind  them  all 
both  expedient  and  equitable,  dictated  by  a  spirit  of 
Christian  meekness,  and  proceeding  from  a  pure  regard 
to  regularity  and  good  order.  As  such  we  most  earn- 
estly recommend  them  to  your  serious  attention,  and, 
with  all  brotherly  love,  entreat  your  hearty  and  sincere 
compliance  with  them. 

A  Concordate  thus  estal)lished  in  mutual  good  faith 
and  confidence,  will,  by  the  blessing  of  God,  make  our 
ecclesiastical  union  firm  and  lasting  :  And  we  have  no 
other  desire  but  to  render  it  conducive  to  that  peace, 
and  agreeable  to  that  truth,  which  it  ever  lias  been,  and 
shall  be,  our  study  to  seek  after  and  cultivate.  And 
may  the  God  of  Peace  grant  you  to  be  like-minded. 
May  He  who  is  the  Great  High  Priest  of  our  pro- 
fession, the  Shepherd  and  Bishop  of  our  souls,  prosper 
these  our  endeavours  for  the  proi)agation  of  His  truth 
and  righteousness :  May  He  graciously  accept  our  im- 
perfect services,  grant  success  to  our  good  designs,  and 


34  THE  EPISCOPATE  IN  SCOTLAND. 

make  His  Church  to  be  yet  glorious  upon  earth,  and 
the  joy  of  all  lands  !  To  His  Divine  benediction  we 
heartily  commend  you,  your  flocks,  and  your  labours, 
and  are.  Reverend  Sirs, 

Your  att'ectionate  Brethren  and  Fellow-Servants  in 
Christ. 

The  above  letter  was  duly  signed  and  sealed  upon 
vellum  by  Bishops  Kilgour,  Petrie,  and  Skinner,  and 
delivered  to  Bishop  Seabury. 

After  which  the  meeting  was  dissolved, 

(Signed)  Arthur  Petrie,  Clerk. 


SOME     PAPERS 

RELATIVE    TO    TUE 

CONSECRATION^ 

OF 

THE  RIGHT  REV.  AVILUAM  WHITE,  D.D., 

AND 

THE   RIGHT   REV.    SAMUEL   PROVOOST,  D.D. 


35 


THE    ACT    OF    PARLIAMENT. 


An  Act  to  cmpoxcer  the  Archbishop  of  Canterhnr;/,  or  the  ArrhbUhop 
of  York,  for  the  time  being,  to  consecrate  to  the  Office  of  a  Bishop, 
Persons,  being  Subjects  or  Citizens  of  Countries  out  of  His  Majesty's 
dominions. 

Whereas,  by  the  laws  of  this  realm,  no  person  can 
be  consecrated  to  the  Office  of  a  Bishop  without  the 
King's  licence  for  his  election  to  that  office,  and  the 
Royal  mandate  under  the  Great  Seal  for  his  confirma- 
tion and  consecration  ;  and  whereas  every  person  who 
shall  be  consecrated  to  the  said  office  is  required  to 
take  the  oaths  of  allegiance  and  supremacy,  and  also 
the  oath  of  due  obedience  to  the  Archbishop:  And 
whereas  there  are  divers  persons,  subjects  or  citizens 
of  countries  out  of  his  Majesty's  dominions,  inhabiting 
and  residing  %vithin  the  said  countries,  who  profess  the 
public  worship  of  Almighty  God  according  to  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  Church  of  England,  and  who,  in  order  to 
provide  a  regular  succession  of  Ministers  for  the  ser- 
vice of  their  Church,  are  desirous  of  having  certain  of 
the  subjects  or  citizens  of  those  countries  consecrated 
Bishops,  according  to  the  form  of  consecration  in  the 
Church  of  England :  Be  it  enacted  by  the  King's  most 
excellent  Majesty,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent 
of  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal  and  Commons 
in   this   present  Parliament    assemljled,    and    by  the 
authority  of  the  same,  that  from  and  after  the  passing 
of  this  Act,  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  to  and  for  the 

4  37 


38  THE  ACT  OF  PARLIAMENT. 

Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  or  the  Archbishop  of  York, 
for  the  time  being,  together  with  such  other  Bishops 
as  they  shall  call  to  their  assistance,  to  consecrate  per- 
sons being  subjects  or  citizens  of  countries  out  of  his 
Majesty's  dominions,  Bishops  for  the  purposes  afore- 
said, without  the  King's  licence  for  their  election,  or 
the  Royal  mandate  under  the  Great  Seal  for  their  con- 
firmation and  consecration,  and  without  requiring 
them  to  take  the  oaths  of  allegiance  and  supremacy, 
and  the  oath  of  due  obedience  to  the  Archbishop  for 
the  time  being.  Provided  alwaj^s,  that  no  persons  shall 
be  consecrated  Bishops  in  the  manner  herein  provided, 
until  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  or  the  Archbishop 
of  York,  for  the  time  being,  shall  have  first  applied  for 
and  obtained  his  Majesty's  licence,  by  warrant  under 
his  Royal  signet  and  sign  manual,  authorizing  and  em- 
powering him  to  perform  such  consecration,  and  ex- 
pressing the  name  or  names  of  the  persons  so  to  be 
consecrated ;  nor  until  the  said  Archbishop  has  been 
fully  ascertained  of  their  sufliciency  in  good  learning, 
of  the  soundness  of  their  faith,  and  of  the  purity  of 
their  manners.  Provided  also,  and  be  it  hereby  de- 
clared, that  no  person  or  persons  consecrated  to  the 
office  of  a  Bishop  in  the  manner  aforesaid,  nor  any 
person  or  persons  deriving  their  consecration  from  or 
under  any  Bishop  so  consecrated,  nor  any  person  or 
persons  admitted  to  the  Order  of  Beacon  or  Priest  by 
any  Bishop  or  Bishops  so  consecrated,  or  by  the  suc- 
cessor or  successors  of  any  Bishop  or  Bishops  so  conse- 
crated, shall  be  thereby  enabled  to  exercise  his  or  their 
respective  office  or  offices  within  his  Majesty's  do- 
minions.    Provided  always,  and  be  it  farther  enacted, 


THE  ACT  OF  PARLIAMENT.  39 

that  a  ccrtifieate  of  siicli  consecration  shall  be  given 
under  the  hand  and  seal  of  the  Archbishop  who  conse- 
crates, containing  the  name  of  the  person  so  conse- 
crated, with  the  addition  as  well  of  the  country  whereof 
he  is  a  subject  or  citizen,  as  of  the  Churcli  in  which  he 
is  appointed  Bishop,  and  the  farther  description  of  liis 
not  having  taken  the  said  oaths,  being  exempted  from 
the  obligation  of  so  doing  by  virtue  of  this  Act. 

PROCLAJ^IATIOX  OF  THE  ARCII-BISIIOP  OF 
CANTERBURY. 

To  all  Persons  to  whom  these  presents  shall  come, 
or  whom  the  same  shall  or  may  in  any  wise  or  at  any 
time  concern,^we,  John,  by  Divine  Providence,  Lord 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  Primate  of  all  England, 
and  Metropolitan,  send  greeting  : 

A^^lereas  by  an  Act  of  Parliament  passed  at  West- 
minster, in  the  twenty-sixth  year  of  the  reign  of  our 
sovereign  lord  George  the  Third,  King  of  Great 
Britain,  France,  and  Ireland,  intituled,  "  An  Act  to 
empower  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  or  the  Arch- 
bishop of  York,  for  the  time  being,  to  consecrate  to  the 
Office  of  a  Bishop,  Persons,  being  Subjects  or  Citizens 
of  Countries  out  of  His  Majesty's  dominions," — 

It  is  enacted, — that  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  to  and 
for  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  or  the  Archbishop 
of  York,  for  the  time  being,  together  with  such  other 
Bishops  as  they  shall  call  to  their  assistance,  to  conse- 
crate persons  being  subjects  or  citizens  of  countries 
out  of  his  Majesty's  dominions,  Bishops  for  the  pur- 
poses aforesaid,  without  the  King's  licence  for  their 


40  PROCLAMATION   OF 

election,  or  the  Royal  mandate  under  the  Great  Seal 
for  their  confirmation  and  consecration,  and  without 
requiring  them  to  take  the  oaths  of  allegiance  and 
supremacy,  and  the  oath  of  due  obedience  to  the 
Archbishop  for  the  time  being.  Provided  always, 
that  no  persons  shall  be  consecrated  Bishops  in  the 
manner  herein  provided,  until  the  Archbishop  of  Can- 
terbury, or  the  Archbishop  of  York,  for  the  time  being, 
shall  have  first  applied  for  and  obtained  his  Majesty's 
licence,  by  warrant  under  his  Royal  signet  and  sign 
manual,  authorizing  and  empowering  him  to  perform 
such  consecration,  and  expressing  the  name  or  names 
of  the  persons  so  to  be  consecrated ;  nor  until  the  said 
Archbishop  has  been  fully  ascertained  of  their  suf- 
ficiency in  good  learning,  of  the  soundness  of  their 
faith,  and  of  the  purity  of  their  manners.  Provided 
also,  and  be  it  hereby  declared,  that  no  person  or  per- 
sons consecrated  to  the  ofiice  of  a  Bishop  in  the  man- 
ner aforesaid,  nor  any  person  or  persons  deriving  their 
consecration  from  or  under  any  Bishop  so  consecrated, 
nor  any  person  or  persons  admitted  to  the  Order  of 
Deacon  or  Priest  by  any  Bishop  or  Bishops  so  conse- 
crated, or  by  the  successor  or  successors  of  any  Bishop 
or  Bishops  so  consecrated,  shall  be  thereby  enabled  to 
exercise  his  or  their  respective  oifice  or  otfices  within 
his  Majesty's  dominions.  Provided  always,  and  be  it 
farther  enacted,  that  a  certificate  of  such  consecration 
shall  be  given  under  the  hand  and  seal  of  the  Arch- 
bishop who  consecrates,  containing  the  name  of  the 
person  so  consecrated,  with  the  addition  as  well  of 
the  country  whereof  he  is  a  subject  or  citizen,  as  of 
the  Church  in  which  he  is  appointed  Bishop,  and  the 


THE   ARCJI-IUSIIOP   OF   VANTKRBURV.  41 

farther  description  of  his  uot  having  taken  the  said 
oaths,  being  exempted  from  the  obligation  of  so  doing 
by  virtue  of  this  Act. 

Now  know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  we  the 
said  John  Lord  Archbishop  of  Cantcrl)ury,  liaving 
obtained  his  ]SIajesty's  licence,  by  warrant  under  his 
royal  signet  and  sign  ^manual,  did,  in  pursuance  of 
the  said  Act  of  Parliament,  on  Sunday,  the  fourth 
day  of  February,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  One  thou- 
sand seven  hundred  and  eighty-seven,  in  the  Chapel 
of  our  Palace  at  Lambeth,  in  the  county  of  Surry, 
admit  our  beloved  in  Christ,  William  White,  Clerk, 
D.D.,  a  subject  or  citizen  of  the  State  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  North  America,  and  Rector  of  Christ  Church 
and  St.  Peter's,  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  in  the  said 
State,  of  whose  sufficiency  in  good  learning,  soundness 
in  the  faith,  and  purity  of  manners,  we  were  fully  as- 
certained, into  the  office  of  a  Bishop  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church,  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  afore- 
said, to  which  the  said  William  AYliite  hath  been  elected 
by  the  Convention  for  the  said  State,  as  appears  unto 
us  by  due  testimony  thereof  by  him  produced,  and 
him  the  said  William  White  did  then  and  there  rightly 
and  canonically  consecrate  a  Bishop,  according  to  tlie 
manner  and  form  prescribed  and  used  by  the  Church 
of  England,  his  taking  the  oaths  of  allegiance,  suprem- 
acy, and  canonical  obedience  only  excepted,  he  being 
exempted  from  the  obligation  of  taking  the  said  oaths 
by  virtue  of  the  above  recited  act.  Provided,  that 
neither  he  the  said  Bishop,  nor  any  person  or  persons 
deriving  their  consecration  from  or  under  him,  nor  any 
person  or  persons  admitted  to  the  Order  of  Deacon  or 

4* 


42  FROCLAMATION  OF 

Priest  })y  him,  or  liis  successor  or  successors,  shall  be 
enabled  to  exercise  his  or  their  respective  office  or 
offices  within  His  Majesty's  dominions.  In  testimony 
whereof  we  have  caused  our  Archi-Episcopal  seal  to 
be  affixed  to  these  presents. — Given  at  Lambeth  House 
the  day  and  year  above  written,  and  in  the  fourth  year 
of  our  translation. 

J.  [l.  s.]  Cantuar. 

We,  "William  Lord  Archbishop  of  York,  Charles 
Lord  Bishop  of  Bath  and  Wells,  and  John  Lord  Bishop 
of  Peterborough,  were  present,  and  assisting  at  the 
consecration  within  mentioned. 

W.  Ebor, 

C.  Bath  and  Wells. 

J.  Peterborough. 

The  signatures  of  the  Archbishops  of  Canterbury 
and  York,  and  of  the  Bishops  of  Bath  and  Wells,  and 
Peterborough,  were  made  in  my  presence,  February 
4th,  1787. 

Wm.  Dickes, 

(Copy.)  Secretary  to  the  Arclihishop  of  Canterbimj. 

On  Sunday,  the  fourth  day  of  February,  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  One  tliousand  seven  hundred  and  eighty- 
seven,  and  in  the  fourth  year  of  the  translation  of  the 
Most  Reverend  Father  in  God,  John,  by  Divine  Provi- 
dence Lord  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  Primate  of  all 
England,  and  Metropolitan,  in  the  Chapel  at  the  Palace 
at  Lambeth,  in  the  county  of  Surry,  the  said  Most 
Reverend  Father  in  God,  by  virtue  and  authority  of 


THE  ARCII-IilSIIOP   OF  CANTKRBVRY.  43 

a  certain  lic-onco   or  warrant  from  his  most^  gracious 
Majesty  and  our  sovcrei<>:n  Lord  George  the  Tlurd,  hy 
the  o-race  of  God  of  Great  liritain,  France,  andlrehmd, 
Kin-,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  and  so  forth,  to  Inni  m 
this1>ehalf  directed,  the  Most  Reverend  Father  m  God 
WiUiam  hy  the  same  l»rovidence  Lord  Archhishop  of 
York  Primate  of  En-hind  and  Metropolitan,  and  the 
Rio-ht  Reverend  Fatliers  in   God,  Charles,  by  divine 
pennission  Lord  Bishop  of  Bath  and  Wells,  and  John, 
bv  divine  permission  Lord  Bishop  of  Peterborough, 
assisting  him,  consecrated  the  Rev.  AVilliam  AVlute 
Doctor  in  Divinity,  Rector  of  Christ  Church  and  St. 
Peter's  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  a  subject  or  citizen 
of  the  United  States  of  ^rth  America,  and  the  Rev- 
erend Samuel  Provoost,  Doctor  in  Divinity,  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church  in  the  city  of  New  York,  a  subject  or 
citizen  also  of  the  United  States  of  North  America,  to 
the  Office  of  a  Bishop  respectively,  the  rites,  circum- 
stances, and  ceremonies  anciently  used  in  the  Church 
of  England  being  observed  and  applied,  according  to 
the  tenor  of  an  Act  passed  in  the  twenty-sixtii  year 
of  the  reign  of  his  said  ^lajesty,  intituled,  "An  Act 
to  empower  the  Archbishop   of  Canterbury,  or  the 
Archbishop  of  York,  for  the  time  being,  to  consecrate 
to  the  Office  of  a  Bishop,  persons  being  subjects  or 
citizens  of  countries  out  of  his  Majesty's  dominions, 
in  the  presence  of  me,  Robert  Jenner,  Notary  Public, 
one  of  the  Deputy  Registers  of  the  Province  of  Can- 
terbury, being  then  and  there  present  the  Reverend 
and  Worshipful  William  Backhouse,  Doctor  in  Divinity, 

Archdeacon  of  Canterbury,  the  Rev Lort,  Doctor 

in  Divinity,  the  Rev. Drake,  Doctor  in  Divinity. 


44  CERTIFICATE,  ETC. 

"William  Dickes,  Esqnire,  ISTotary  Public,  Secretary  to 
his  grace  the  said  Lord  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
with  many  others  in  great  numbers  then  and  there 
assembled.     Which  I  attest. 

Rt.  Jenner, 
(Copy.)  Notary  Public — Actuary  assumed. 

And  we,  the  underwritten  llTotaries  Public,  by  royal 
authority  duly  admitted  and  sworn,  residing  in  Doctors 
Commons,  London,  do  hereby  certify  and  attest,  to  all 
whom  it  may  concern,  that  Robert  Jenner,  whose  name 
is  subscribed  to  the  aforegoing  act,  was  and  is  a  ITotary 
Public,  and  one  of  the  Deputy  Registers  of  the  Province 
of  Canterbury,  and  that  the  letters,  name,  and  words, 
"  Rt.  Jenner,  Notary  Public,"  thereto  subscribed,  were 
and  are  of  the  proper  handwriting  and  subscription  of 
the  said  Robert  Jenner ;  and  that  we  saw  him  sign  the 
same ;  and  that  full  faithand  entire  credit  is  and  ought 
to  be  given  to  all  the  acts,  subscriptions,  and  attesta- 
tions, of  the  said  Robert  Jenner,  as  well  in  judgment 
as  out.  In  testimony  whereof  we  have  hereunto  sub- 
scribed our  names,  to  serve  and  avail  as  occasion  may 
require,  at  Doctors  Commons,  London,  this  fifth  day 
of  February,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  One  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  eighty-seven.     Wliich  we  attest. 

Edward  Cooper,  Notary  Public. 
(Copy.)  William  Abbot,  Notary  Public. 


THE 
AMEEICAlSr    EPISCOPATE. 

FROM 

1784   TO    1878. 


45 


THE  AMERICAN  EPISCOPATE. 


No.    1. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

SAMUEL   SEABURY,  D.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Connecticut  and  of  The  American 
Church,  was  born  at  I^orth-Groton  (now  Ledjard),  in 
Connecticut,  on  tlie  30th  day  of  ]!^ovember,  a.d,  1729. 

He  graduated  at  Yale  College,  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, A.D.  1748. 

In  1751  he  went  to  Scotland,  where  he  completed  a 
thorough  course  in  the  study  of  Medicine  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Edinburgh.  He  abandoned  the  Profession 
at  once,  and  entered  upon  a  course  of  Theological 
studies. 

Ordered  Deacon  on  the  21st  day  of  December,  a.d. 
1753,  by  The  Eight  Rev.  John  Thomas,  D.D.,  Bishop 
of  Lincoln,  who  acted  for  The  Bishop  of  London. 

Ordained  Priest  on  the  23d  day  of  December,  1753, 
by  The  Bight  Bev.  Richard  Osbaldeston,  D.D.,  Bishop 
of  Carlisle,  who  also  acted  for  The  Bishop  of  London. 

Returning  to  America,  he  became  Rector  of  Christ's 
Church,  Xew-Bruns^vick,  Xew  Jersey. 

47 


48  SAMUEL  SEABURV. 

Ill  1757  lie  became  Eector  of  Grace  Church,  Jamaica, 
Long  Island. 

In  1766  Rector  of  S.  Peter's  Church,  Westchester, 
ITew  York. 

During  the  greater  part  of  the  war  of  the  Revolution 
he  resided  in  the  city  of  Kew  York. 

On  the  21st  day  of  April,  1783,  he  was  elected  as  the 
first  Bishop  of  Connecticut. 

He  sailed  for  England,  hoping  to  be  consecrated  by 
The  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  but  so  many  obstacles 
lay  in  his  way  that  he  proceeded  to  Scotland,  where 

He  was  Consecrated  Bishop  of  Connecticut  on  the 
14th  day  of  November,  a.d.  1784,  at  Aberdeen,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Robert  Kilgour,  D.D.,  Primus,  and 
Bishop  of  Aberdeen,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Arthur  Petrie — his  coadjutor,  and  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Skinner,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Ross  and  Moray. 

Returning  to  his  native  State,  he  became  the  Rector 
of  S.  James'  Church,  N^ew  London,  which  position  he 
held  until  his  death. 

On  the  3d  day  of  August,  a.d.  1785,  he  met  his  clergy 
at  Middletown,  and  on  that  day  he  admitted  four  young 
men  to  the  Diaconate.  The  senior  of  this  class  was 
Mr.  Ashbel  Baldwin.  This  was  the  first  Ordinatioa  in 
America. 

The  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  was  conferred 
upon  him  by  The  University  of  Oxford,  a.d.  1777. 

Bishop  Seabury  died  on  the  25th  day  of  February, 
A.D.  1796.  He  was  buried  in  the  Pul)lic  Cemetery  at 
!N^ew  London,  but  in  1849  his  remains  were  translated 
to  the  Chancel  of  S.  James'  Church,  N'ew  London, 
where,  at  the  joint  expense  of  the  Diocese  and  Parish, 


SAMUEL  SEA  BURY.  49 

a  handsome  Monument  of  freestone,  in  the  form  of  an 
Altar-tomb  underneath  a  canopy  surmounted  by  a 
Mitre,  was  placed  over  his  tinal  resting-place.  On  the 
slab  above  the  tomb  this  simple  record  was  engraven : 

The  Ri<rlit  Rev.  Father  in  God, 
SAMUEL    SEA  BURY,    D.D., 

First  Bishop  of  Connecticut, 

And  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States; 

Conseci'ated  at  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  Nov.  14,  1784 ; 

Died  Feb.  25,  1796  ;  aged  67. 

The  Diocese  of  Connecticut  recorded  here 

its  grateful  memory  of  his  virtues  and  services, 

A.  D.  1849. 

And,  on  a  brass  plate  inserted  in  its  upper  surface,  this 
inscription : 

A  ^^  Q 


Sub  pavimento  altaris 

Ut  in  loco  quietis  ultimo  usque  ad  magni  djei  judicium 

Exuviae  mortales  praesulis  admodum  reverendi  nunc  restant, 

SAMUELIS   SEABURY,   S.T.D.   Oxon., 

Qui  primus  in  rempublicam  novi  orbis  Anglo  Americanam 

succossionem  apostolicam, 

E.  Scotia  transtulit  XVIII.  Kal.  Dec.  A.D.  CIOIOCCLXXXIV. 

Dioccsis  sua 

la])orum  et  angustiarum  tam  chari  capitis  nunquam  oblita 

in  ecclesia  nova  S.  Jacobi  majoris  Neo  Londinensi  olim  sede  sua 

hoc  monumentum  nunc  demum  longo  post  tempore  honoris  causa 

anno  salut.  nost.  CIOIOCCCXLIX  ponorc  curavit. 

"Writings. — 1.  A  Charge  to  the  Clergy  of  the  Dio- 
cese of  Connecticut,  on  recommending  Candidates  for 
Orders,  and  on  Confirmation.     2.  A  List  of  the  Succes- 


50  SAMUEL  SEABURY. 

sion  of  Scots  Bishops,  from  1688  to  1785.  3.  A  Charge 
to  the  Clergy  of  Connecticut  on  the  Proper  Deport- 
ment of  the  Clergy,  the  Religious  Errors  of  the  Times, 
and  on  The  Holy  Eucharist,  1786.  4.  The  Communion 
Office,  or,  Order  for  the  Administration  of  The  Holy 
Eucharist,  &c.  with  Private  Devotions,  5.  A  Sermon 
delivered  before  The  Boston  Episcopal  Charitable  So- 
ciety, Easter-Tuesday,  1788.  6.  An  Ordination  Ser- 
mon, 1789.  7.  An  Address  to  the  Ministers  and 
Congregations  of  the  Presbyterian  and  Independent 
Persuasions  of  the  United  States,  1790.  8.  Two  Vol- 
umes of  Discourses,  dedicated  to  the  Episcopal  Clergy 
of  Connecticut  and  Rhode  Island,  1793.*  9.  A  second 
edition,  1795.  10.  An  Ordination  Sermon,  1791.  11. 
A  Discourse  before  the  Free  Masons,  1794.  12.  An 
Earnest  Persuasion  to  the  Frequent  Receiving  of  the 
Holy  Eucharist.  13.  Re-published,  a.d.  1816,  and  again 
some  years  later.  14.  A  single  Volume  of  his  Ser- 
mons was  published  after  his  death,  1798.  15.  Two 
Volumes  of  Discourses  were  issued  at  Hudson,  New 
York,  A.D.  1815,  whicli  contained  nearly  all  those  in 
the  previous  three  volumes.  16.  Sermon  before  The 
General  Convention,  a.d.  1792. 

*  Johnson's  Cyclopedia,  AUibone's  Dictionary,  and  others  put  this 
Edition  in  1791.  I  can  find  no  such  edition,  and  am  confident  there 
is  none. — Ed. 


ISTo.   2. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

WILLIAM  WHITE,   D.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Pennsylvania,  was  born  in  Phila- 
clelpliia  on  the  4th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1748. 

He  graduated  at  The  College  of  Philadelphia,  (now 
The  University  of  Pennsylvania,)  a.d.  1765. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Chapel  Royal,  S.  James' 
Palace,  Westminster,  on  the  23d  day  of  December,  a.d. 
1770,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Philip  Young,  D.D.,  The 
Bishop  of  J^or^^^ch,  acting  for  The  Bishop  of  London. 

Ordained  Priest  in  The  Chapel  of  Fulham  Palace 
on  the  25th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1772,  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Richard  Terrick,  D.D.,  The  Bishop  of  London. 

Returning  to  America,  he  became  an  Assistant  Min- 
ister in  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia,  and  subsequently 
the  Rector  of  The  United  Parishes  of  Christ  Church, 
S.  Peter's,  and  S.  James'  in  Philadelphia. 

He  was  appointed  as  Chaplain  to  Congress,  a.d.  1787, 
which  position  he  held  until  1801. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  University  of  Pennsylvania,  a.d.  1782,  being  the 
first  honorary  degree  conferred  by  that  institution. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Pennsylvania,  in  The  Chapel 
of  Lambeth  Palace,  on  the  4th  day  of  February,  a.d. 
1787,  by  The  Most  Rev.  John  Moore,  D.D.,  Arch- 

51 


52  WILLIAM    WHITE. 

bishop  of  Canterbury,  assisted  by  The  Most  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Markliam,  D.D.,  Archbishop  of  York,  The  Right 
Rev.  Charles  Moss,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Bath  and  Wells, 
and  The  Right  Rev.  John  Ilinchclift'e,  D.D.,  Bishop 
of  Peterborough. 

Bishop  White  died  on  the  17th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1836, 
and  was  buried  in  the  Church  Yard  of  Christ  Church. 
On  the  23d  day  of  December,  a.d.  1870,  his  remains 
were  translated  to  the  Chancel  of  Christ  Church,  and 
buried  beneath  the  pavement. 

Writings. — 1.  A  large  number  of  Sermons,  tracts, 
essays,  and  controversial  papers.  2.  Episcopal  Ad- 
dresses and  Pastoral  Letters.  3.  Lectures  on  the  Cate- 
chism, 1  vol.  8vo.,  1813.  4.  Comparative  Views  of  the 
Controversy  between  the  Calvinists  and  Arminians,  2 
vols.  8vo.,  1817.  5.  Memoirs  of  The  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  The  United  States  of  America,  1  vol. 
Svo.,  1835-6.  6.  A  Commentary  on  the  Questions  in 
the  Offices  for  the  Ordaining  of  Priests  and  Deacons ; 
and  a  Commentary  on  the  Duties  of  the  Public  Min- 
istry, 1  vol.  8vo.,  1833.  7.  Five  Episcopal  Charges, 
1807,  1825,  1831,  1832.  8.  Five  Addresses  to  the 
Trustees,  Professors,  and  Students  of  The  General 
Theological  Seminary,  1822,  1824,  1827,  1828,  1829. 
9.  The  Pastoral  Letters  of  The  House  of  Bishops  from 
1808  to  1835  inclusive.  He  was  largely  instrumental 
in  the  adaptation  of  The  Book  of  Common  Prayer  to 
the  wants  of  the  Church,  in  its  new  relation  to  Civil 
Authority. 

The  organization  of  the  General  Convention  was 
primarily  his  work,  and  the  original  draft  of  the  Con- 
stitution was  written  by  him. 


WILLIAM    WHITE. 


NOTE. 


Bishoj)  '\\niite  was  Baptized  in  Christ  Church,  Phila- 
delphia, on  the  25th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1748,  and  there  he 
received  Ids  first  Communion. — There  were  no  ]3ishops 
to  confirm  in  those  days. — His  first  Ordination  was  held 
in  Christ  Church.  On  the  28th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1787, 
he  Ordained  jNIr.  Joseph  Clarkson,  the  grandfather  of 
The  Right  Rev.  Robert  H.  Clarkson,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
first  Bishop  of  Nebraska.  In  Christ  Church  Bishop 
AVhite  Consecrated  eleven  Bishops. 

In  public  matters  he  was  always  an  active  participant. 
He  was  the  President  of  The  Philadelphia  Bible  Society, 
The  Philadelphia  Dispensary,  The  Prison  Society,  The 
Asylum  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb,  and  The  Institution 
for  the  Blind. 


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TSTo.  3. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

SAMUEL  PROYOOST,  D.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  New  York,  was  born  in  the  city 
of  ^ew  York  on  the  11th  day  of  March,  a.d.  1742. 

He  graduated  at  King's  College,  (now  Columbia,) 
A.D.  1758. 

In  1761  he  went  to  England,  and  was  entered  as 
Fellow  Commoner  at  S.  Peter's  House,  (now  S.  Peter's 
College,)  Cambridge. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Chapel  Royal,  of  S.  James' 
Palace,  Westminster,  on  the  3d  day  of  February,  a.d. 
1766,  by  The  Right  Reverend  Richard  Terrick,  D.D., 
Bishop  of  London. 

Ordained  Priest  at  The  King's  Chapel,  Wliitehall,  on 
the  25th  day  of  March,  a.d.  1766,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Edmund  Keene,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Chester,  acting  for 
The  Bishop  of  London. 

Returning  to  America,  he  became  the  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  New  York,  which  position  he  held 
sixteen  years. 

In  1784  he  was  appointed  a  Regent  of  The  University 
of  New  York. 

In  1785  he  was  Chaplain  to  Congress. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  University  of  Pennsylvania,  a.d.  1786. 
54 


SAMUEL   PROVOOST.  55 

In  1789  he  became  Chapliiin  to  the  United  States 
Senate. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  New  York  in  The  Chapel 
of  Lambeth  Palace,  on  the  4th  day  of  February,  a.d. 
1787,  by  The  Most  Rev.  John  ^loore,  D.D.,  Arch- 
bishop of  Canterbury,  assisted  by  The  Most  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Markham,  D.D.,  Archbishop  of  York,  The  Right 
Rev.  Charles  Moss,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Bath  and  "Wells, 
and  The  Right  Rev.  John  llinchclifte,  D.D.,  Bishop 
of  Peterborough. 

In  1801  he  resigned  his  position  as  Bishop  of  ISTew 
York,  but  the  House  of  Bishops  declined  to  receive 
it,  giving  consent,  however,  to  the  Consecration  of  an 
Assistant  Bishop. 

Bishop  Provoost  died  on  the  6th  day  of  September, 
A.D.  1815,  and  was  buried  in  the  Family  Vault  in 
Trinity  Church  Yard. 

Writings. — Wliile  in  Cambridge,  he  made  an  ex- 
tensive index  to  the  Hisioria  Planetarmn  of  John  Bau- 
bin.  Of  his  own  writings  he  published  nothing.  The 
Sermon  before  the  General  Convention  of  1795  was 
preached  by  Bishop  Provoost,  but  it  was  not  printed. 


No-  4. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

JAMES  MADISON,  D.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Virginia,  was  born  in  Rocldngham, 
Virginia,  on  the  27th  daj^  of  August,  a.d.  1749. 

He  graduated  at  The  College  of  William  and  Mary, 
"Williamsburg,  Virginia,  a.d.  1772.  After  leaving  Col- 
lege he  studied  Law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar. 
He  never  practised,  but  proceeded  at  once  to  the 
study  of  Theology. 

In  1773  he  was  made  Professor  of  Mathematics  in 
his  Alma-Mater,  and  in  1775  went  to  England  for 
Ordination. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Chapel  of  Fulham  Palace,  on 
the  29th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1775,  by  The  Right 
Eev.  Richard  Terrick,  D.D.,  The  Bishop  of  London. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  place,  on  the  1st  day 
of  October,  a.d.  1775,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

On  his  return  to  America  he  was  made  President 
of  The  College  of  William  and  Mary,  which  position 
he  held  until  his  death. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  University  of  Pennsylvania,  a.d.  1785. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Virginia  in  The  Chapel  of 
Lambeth  Palace,  on  the  19th  day  of  September,  a.d. 
1790,  by  The  Most  Rev.   John  Moore,  D.D.,  Arch- 

56 


JAMES   MADISON.  57 

bishop  of  Canterbury,  assisted  by  The  Right  Tlcv. 
Beilby  Porteus,  U.D.,  Bishop  of  London,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  Jolin  Thomas,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Rochester. 

Bishop  Madison  died  on  the  5th  day  of  March,  a.d. 
1812,  and  was  buried  at  WilHanisburg,  Virginia. 

WiiiTi]^GS. — 1.  A  Thanksgiving  Sermon,  1781.  2. 
A  Letter  to  J.  Morse,  1795.  3.  An  Address  to  The 
Episcopal  Church,  1799.  4.  A  Sermon  on  the  death 
of  Mrs.  Ann  Semple,  1803.  5.  Various  papers  in 
Barton's  Journal.     6.  A  large  Map  of  Virginia. 


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THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

THOMAS  JOHN  CLAGGETT,  S.T.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Maryland,  was  born  in  Prince 
George's  County,  Maryland,  on  tlie  2d  day  of  Oc- 
tober, A.D.  1742. 

He  graduated  at  The  College  of  New  Jersey,  Prince- 
ton, A.D.  1762,  and  studied  Theology  under  the  direc- 
tion of  his  uncle,  The  Rev.  John  Eversfield,  D.D. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Chapel  of  Fulham  Palace, 
on  the  20th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1767,  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Richard  Terrick,  D.D.,  The  Bishop  of  London. 

Ordaiiied  Priest  in  the  same  place,  on  the  11th  day 
of  October,  a.d.  1767,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

On  his  return  to  America,  he  was  presented  by  the 
Governor  of  Maryland  to  the  Rectorship  of  All  Saints' 
Church  in  Calvert  County,  where  he  remained  until 
the  beginning  of  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  when  he 
retired  to  his  own  estate  in  Prince  George's  County, 
where  he  remained  two  years.  .  In  1789  he  officiated 
in  S,  Paul's  Church,  Prince  George's  County,  and  in 
1780  became  the  Rector  of  that  Parish. 

He  was  a  Deputy  from  the  Diocese  of  Maryland  to 
the  General  Convention  of  1789. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Maryland  in  Trinity  Church, 
New  York,  on  the  17th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1792, 

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THOMAS  JOHN   CLAGGETT.  59 

by  The  Ei<>-lit  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.D.,  assisted  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Seabury,  D.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  AVilliam  White,  D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  James 
Madison,  D.D. 

This  was  the  first  Consecration  of  a  Bishop  in  The 
United  States,  and  the  Succession  of  The  Anglican 
and  The  Scots  Episcopate  was  here  joined. 

lie  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  The  College  of  New  Jersey,  a.d.  1787,  and 
that  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from  "Washington  College, 
Maryland,  a.d.  1792. 

In  1800  he  was  Chaplain  to  the  United  States  Senate 
at  Washington. 

In  1808  he  became  the  Rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
Upper  ^larlborough,  which  position  he  held  until  his 
death. 

Bishop  Claggett  died  at  Croom,  on  the  2d  day  of 
August,  A.D.  1816. 

Writings. — A  few  occasional  Sermons,  Pastoral 
Letters,  and  Addresses  to  his  Convention. 


ISTo.  6. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

ROBERT  SMITH,  D.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  South  Carolina,  was  born  in  the 
County  of  Norfolk,  England,  on  the  25th  day  of 
August,  A.D.  1732. 

He  graduated  at  Gonville  and  Caius  College,  Cam- 
bridge, A.D.  1753,  and  was  elected  a  Fellow  of  The 
University. 

Ordered  Deacon  on  the  7th  day  of  March,  a.d.  1756, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Matthias  Mauson,  D.D.,  The  Bishop 
of  Ely. 

Ordained  Priest  on  the  21st  day  of  December,  a.d. 

1756,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  came  to  America  as  the  Assistant  Minister  of 
S.  Philip's   Church,  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  a.d. 

1757,  and  became  the  Rector,  a.d.  1759. 

During  the  War  of  the  Revolution  (1780)  he  was 
banished  from  Charleston  upon  its  capture  by  the 
British,  and  removed  to  Maryland,  where  he  took 
temporary  charge  of  S.  Paul's  Parish,  Queen  Anne's 
County.  He  returned  to  Charleston  in  1783  and  took 
charge  of  an  Academy,  afterwards  (1786)  chartered  as 
South  Carolina  College,  of  which  he  was  President 
until  1798. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  University  of  Pennsylvania,  a.d.  1789. 

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Consecrated  l^ishop  of  South  Carolina  in  Christ 
Church,  Phihidelphia,  on  tlic  14th  day  of  September, 
A.D.  1795,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William  White,  D.D., 
assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  James  Madison,  D.D.,  and  The  Right 
Rev.  Thomas  John  Claggett,  S.T.D. 

Bishop  Smith  died  on  the  28th  day  of  October,  a.d. 
1801,  and  was  buried  in  the  Cemetery  of  S.  Philip's 
Church,  Charleston. 

He  was  one  of  the  first  members  of  "  The  Societj' 
of  the  Cincinnati." 

Writings. — The  Preface  to  the  Book  of  Common 
Prayer  was  written  by  him,  and  is  the  only  known 
writing  extant. 


:Nro.  r. 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

EDWARD  BASS,  D.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Massachusetts,  was  horn  in  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts,  on  the  23cl  day  of  Novemher, 
A.D.  1726. 

He  graduated  at  Harvard  College,  Camhridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, A.D.  1744. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Chapel  of  Fulham  Palace, 
on  the  17th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1752,  hy  The  Right  Rev. 
Thomas  Sherlock,  D.D,,  Bishop  of  London. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  place,  on  the  24th  day 
of  May,  A.D.  1752,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

Returning  to  America,  he  became  the  Rector  of  S. 
Paul's  Church,  Kewburyport,  Massachusetts,  which 
position  he  held  during  the  rest  of  his  life. 

The   Degree   of  Doctor  in  Divinity  was   conferred 
"upon   him  hy  The  University  of  Pennsylvania,  a.d. 
1789. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Massachusetts  in  Christ 
Church,  Philadelphia,  on  the  7th  day  of  May,  a.d. 
1797,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William  Wliite,  D.D.,  assisted 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev." Thomas  John  Claggett,  S.T.D. 

Bishop  Bass  died  on  the  10th  day  of  September, 
A.D.  1803,  and  was  buried  at  Newburyport. 
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EDWARD   BASS.  QQ 

Writings. — 1.  A  Brief  Account  of  liis  connection 
with  the  Society  for  The  Propagation  of  The  Gospel  in 
Forcia:n  Parts.  2.  An  Address  to  the  Masonic  Lodo-es 
on  the  Feast  of  S.  John  Baptist,  1779.  3.  A  Sermon 
preached  before  the  Merrimac  Humane  Society,  New- 
buryport,  1800, — published  after  his  death. 


JSTo.  8. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

ABRAHAM  JARVIS,  S.T.D. 

The  second  Bisliop  of  Connecticut,  was  born  in  l^or- 
wich,  Connecticut,  on  the  5th  day  of  May,  (O.S.,) 
1739. 

He  graduated  at  Yale  College,  ISTew  Haven,  a.d.  1761. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  King's  Chapel,  Whitehall, 
on  the  5th  day  of  February,  a.d.  1764,  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Frederick  Keppel,  D.D.,  The  Bishop  of  Exeter, 
acting  for  The  Bishop  of  London. 

Ordained  Priest  in  The  Chapel  Royal  of  S.  James' 
Palace,  "Westminster,  on  the  9th  day  of  February, 
A.D.  1764,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Charles  L;yi:telton,  D.D., 
The  Bishop  of  Carlisle,  also  acting  for  The  Bishop  of 
London. 

Returning  to  America,  he  became  the  Rector  of 
Christ  Church,  (now  Holy  Trinity,)  Middletown,  Con- 
necticut. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Yale  College,  ISTew  Haven,  a.d.  1796. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Connecticut  in  Trinity 
Church,  I^ew  Haven,  on  the  18th  day  of  September, 
A.D.  1797,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William  White,  D.D., 
assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.D., 
and  The  Right  Rev.  Edward  Bass,  D.D. 

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ABRAHAM  JARVIS.  g5 

Bisliop  Jarvis  diofl  on  the  13tli  day  of  IVIay,  a.d. 
1813,  and  was  buried  under  the  Altar  of  Trinity 
Church,  New  Haven. 

"Writings. — 1.  A  Sermon  on  the  death  of  Bishop 
Seabury.     2.  A  Sermon  on  The  Witness  of  The  Spirit. 


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No.  9. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

BENJAMIN  MOORE,  S.T.D. 

The  second  Bisliop  of  Kew  York,  was  born  in  New- 
town, Long  Island,  on  the  5tli  day  of  October,  a.d. 
1748. 

He  graduated  at  King's  College,  (now  Columbia,) 
New  York,  a.d.  1768. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Chapel  of  Fulham  Palace, 
on  the  24th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1774,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Richard  Terrick,  D.D.,  The  Bishop  of  London. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  place,  on  the  following 
day,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

Returning  to  America,  he  became  an  Assistant 
Minister  in  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  and  on  the 
22d  day  of  December,  a.d.  1800,  he  was  made  Rector 
of  Trinity  Parish. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1789. 

In  1801  Bishop  Provoost,  having  become  very  in- 
firm and  unable  to  attend  to  the  duties  of  his  Episco- 
pate, sent  his  resignation  to  the  House  of  Bishops. 
Wisely  fearing  to  establish  a  bad  precedent,  the 
Bishops  declined  to  receive  it,  but  consented  to  the 
Consecration  of  a  Bishop-Coadjutor,  who,  upon  the 
death  of  Bishop  Provoost,  should  become  the  Bishop 
of  the  Diocese. 

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BENJAMIN  MOORE.  G7 

Consecrated  Bisliop-Coadjutor  for  the  Diocese  of 
New  York  in  S.  Michael's  Church,  Trenton,  New 
Jersey,  on  the  11th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1801,  by 
The  Rio-ht  Rev.  William  A\niite,  D.D.,  assisted  by  The 
Right  ilev.  Thomas  John  Claggett,  S.T.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  Abraham  Jarvis,  S.T.D, 

He  was  elected  President  of  Columbia  College  in  the 
same  year,  (1801,)  which  position  he  held  ten  years. 

Bishop  Moore  died  on  the  27th  day  of  February, 
A.D.  1816,  at  Greenwich,  New  York. 

Writings. — Three  Sermons  and  one  pamplilet  con- 
stitute all  that  is  known  of  writings  published  during 
his  life.  After  his  death  Two  Volumes  of  Sermons, 
8vo.,  were  published  imder  the  supervision  of  his  son. 
The  Rev.  Clement  C.  Moore,  LL.D. 


No.  lO. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

SAMUEL   PARKER,   D.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  Massacliusetts,  was  born  in  Ports- 
moutli,  ISTew  Hampshire,  on  the  17th  day  of  August, 
A.D.  1744. 

He  graduated  at  Harvard  College,  a.d.  1764. 

In  1773  he  was  elected  as  the  Assistant  Minister  for 
Trinity  Church,  Boston. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Chapel  of  Fulham  Palace, 
on  the  24th  day  of  February,  a.d.  1744,  by  The  Eight 
Kev.  Richard  Terrick,  D.D.,  The  Bishop  of  London. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  place,  on  the  27th  day 
of  February,  a.d.  1744,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

In  June,  1779,  he  became  the  Rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  Boston. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  University  of  Pennsylvania,  a.d.  1789. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Massachusetts  in  Trinity 
Church,  New  York,  on  the  14tli  day  of  September,  a.d. 
1804,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William  White,  D.D.,  assisted 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  John  Claggett,  S.T.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  Abraham  Jarvis,  S.T.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Moore,  S.T.D. ,  in  the  presence 
of  both  Houses  of  the  General  Convention. 

Bishop  Parker  died  on  the  6th  day  of  December, 
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SAMUEL    PARKER.  Q9 

A.D.  1804,  three  months  after  his  Consecration,  without 
having  performed  one  Episcopal  act. 

Writings. — One  Sermon,  called  "  The  Annual  Elec- 
tion Sermon,"  preached  before  the  Legislature  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, A.D.  1793,  and  one  Sermon  preached  for  the 
henciit  of  The  Boston  Femule  Asylum,  a.d.  180o. 


No.    11. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

JOHN   HENRY  nOBART,   D.D. 

The  tliird  Bisliop  of  New  York,  was  born  in  Philadel- 
phia on  the  14th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1775. 

He  was  Baptized  and  Confirmed  in  Christ  Church, 
Philadelphia,  by  Bishop  Wliite. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  in  The  Episcopal  Acad- 
emy in  Philadelphia,  and  at  the  age  of  thirteen  en- 
tered The  College  of  Philadelphia,  (now  The  University 
of  Pennsylvania,)  bnt  two  years  later  he  was  transferred 
to  The  College  of  Kew  Jersey  in  Princeton,  where  he 
graduated,  a.d.  1793. 

He  entered  the  counting-house  of  his  brother-in-law 
in  Philadelphia,  but  mercantile  pursuits  were  not  con- 
genial to  his  tastes,  and  in  1796  he  accepted  an  ap- 
pointment to  a  Tutorship  in  his  Alma-Mater.  Here 
he  remained  two  years,  when  he  returned  to  Philadel- 
phia and  completed  his  Theological  studies  under  the 
direction  of  Bishop  White. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia,  on 
the  3d  day  of  June,  a.d.  1798,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Wil- 
liam White,  D.D. 

He  took  charge  of  Trinity  Church,  Oxford,  and  All 

Saints',  Perkiomen,  near  Philadelphia,  for  a  few  months, 

and  then  removed  to  New-Brunswick,  New  Jersey, 

where  he  had  charge  of  Christ's  Church.     At  the  end 

70 


JOHN  IIENRV  110 HART  71 

of  one  year  he  removed  to  ITeiiipstead,  Long  Island, 
and  remained  there  a  few  months.  In  {September,  1800, 
he  was  elected  an  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church, 
Kew  York,  which  position  lie  accepted,  and  at  once 
entered  upon  his  duties. 

On  the  3d  day  of  June,  a.d.  1799,  he  was  elected 
Secretary  to  the  House  of  Bishops.  In  1(S01  he  was 
elected  Secretary  to  the  Convention  of  the  Diocese 
of  ]^ew  York,  and  Deputy  to  the  General  Convention 
which  met  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  in  September  of 
that  year. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Trinity  Church,  Kew  York, 
April,  A.D.  1801,  by  The  Right  liev.  Samuel  Provoost, 
D.D.     The  day  of  the  month  is  not  known. 

He  was  a  Deputy  to  the  General  Convention,  a.d. 
1804,  and  at  that  Convention  was  made  Secretary  to 
the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies. 

The  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  was  conferred  upon 
him  by  Union  College,  Schenectady,  Kew  York,  a.d. 
1806. 

Consecrated  Bishop-Coadjutor  in  the  Diocese  of 
I^ew  York,  in  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  on  the  29th 
day  of  May,  a.d.  1811,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William 
White,  D.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Pro- 
voost, D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Jarvis,  S.T.D. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  Moore,  a.d.  1816,  he  be- 
came the  Bishop  of  Xew  York  and  the  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church. 

He  performed  Episcopal  duty  for  New  Jersey  until 
the  election  of  Dr.  Croes,  and  was,  provisionally,  the 
Bishop  of  Connecticut  from  1816  to  1819. 

Bishop  Hobart  was  one  of  the  Founders  of  The 


72  JOHN  HENRY  HOB  ART. 

General  Theological  Seminary,  and  upon  tlie  location 
of  tliat  Institution  in  New  York  he  was  made  the 
Professor  of  Pastoral  Theology. 

In  1823  his  health  failed,  and  he  visited  Europe  for 
recuperation.  It  is  worthy  of  note  that  he  was  per- 
mitted to  preach  in  Rome,  but  the  Act  under  which 
Bishops  White  and  Provoost  were  Consecrated  pre- 
vented his  preaching  in  London. 

Bishop  Hobart  died  in  Auburn,  ISTew  York,  on  the 
10th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1830.  His  remains  were 
removed  to  New  York,  and  buried  under  the  Chancel 
of  Trinity  Church. 

Writings. — 1.  The  Companion  for  The  Altar,  12mo., 
1804.  2.  The  Companion  for  The  Festivals  and  Fasts, 
12mo.,  1805.  3.  The  Companion  to  the  Book  of  Com- 
mon Prayer,  12mo.,  1805.  4.  The  Clergyman's  Com- 
panion, 1806.  5.  A  Collection  of  Essays  on  Episco- 
pacy, 8vo.,  1806.  6.  Apology  for  Apostolic  Order,  &c., 
8vo.,  1807.  7.  The  Christian's  Manual  of  Faith  and 
Devotion,  1814.  8.  The  Candidate  for  Confirmation 
instructed,  1816.  9.  A  Funeral  Address  at  the  Inter- 
ment of  The  Right  Rev.  Bcnj.  Moore,  B.D.,  with  a 
copious  index  on  the  Place  of  Departed  Spirits,  and 
the  Descent  of  Christ  into  Hell,  1816.  10.  D'Oyly  and 
Mant's  Bible,  with  Notes,  1823.  11.  Sermons  on  the 
Principal  Events  and  Truths  of  Redemption,  2  vols. 
8vo.,  1824. 

Bishop  Hobart  also  published  a  large  number  of  Ser- 
mons, Addresses,  Essays,  with  Controversial  Letters  and 
Documents,  Charges  to  his  Clergy,  &c.  (See  Sprague's 
Annals,  &c.,  vol.  5.) 


ISTo.  13. 

THE   RIGHT    REVEREND 

ALEXANDER  VIETS  GRISWOLD,  S.T.D. 

The  first  and  only  Bishop  of  a  jurisdiction,  (created 
May  29th,  a.d.  isio,)  under  the  title  of  The  Eastern 
Diocese,  inchiding  the  territory  now  consisting  of  the 
Dioceses  of  Maine,  jSTew  Hampshire,  Vermont,  Massa- 
chusetts and  Rhode  Island,  was  born  in  Simshury, 
Connecticut,  on  the  22d  day  of  April,  a.d.  1776. 

He  was  educated  by  his  uncle,  The  Rev.  Roger  Viets, 
Rector  of  S.  Andrew's  Church,  Simsbury. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Andrew's  Church,  Simsbury, 
on  the  3d  day  of  June,  a.d.  1795,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Samuel  Seabury,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Christ  Church,  Hartford,  on  the 
1st  day  of  October,  a.d.  1795,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

During  the  ten  years  thereafter,  he  had  charge  of 
three  Parishes  in  Connecticut,  viz. :  East  Plymouth, 
N'orthfidd,  and  Harwinton.  In  1804  he  accepted  a  call 
to  the  Rectorship  of  S.  Michael's  Church,  Bristol, 
Rhode  Island.  In  1810  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  Rec- 
torship of  S.  Michael's  Church,  Litchfield,  Connecticut, 
and  wdiile  the  preparations  for  his  removal  were  in  pro- 
gress he  was  elected — May  31st,  a.d,  1810 — Bishop  of 
the  Eastern  Diocese. 

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74  ALEXANDER    VJETS   GRISWOLD. 

Consecrated  Bislaop  of  the  Eastern  Diocese  in 
Trinity  Churcli,  New  York,  on  the  29th  day  of  May, 
A.D.  1811,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William  White,  D.D., 
assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Provoost,  D.D., 
and  The  Right  Rev.  Abraham  Jarvis,  S.T.D. 

He  remained  at  Bristol  in  charge  of  S.  Michael's 
Church,  in  addition  to  his  duties  as  Bishop,  until  1830, 
when  he  removed  to  Salem,  Massachusetts,  and  became 
the  Rector  of  S.  Peter's  Church,  which  position  he 
held  until  1835,  when  he  resigned,  and  from  that  time 
forward  devoted  himself  exclusively  to  the  duties  of 
his  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Brown  University,  a.d.  1810,  from  The 
College  of  ISTew  Jersey,  a.d.  1811,  and  from  Harvard 
College,  A.D.  1812. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  White — a.d.  1836 — he 
became  the  Presiding  Bishop. 

His  last  Episcopal  act  was  the  Consecration  of  The 
Rev.  Manton  Eastburn,  S.T.D.,  as  his  own  Coadjutor. 

Bishop  Griswold  died  in  Boston  on  the  15th  day  of 
February,  a.d.  1843.  He  had  reached  the  doorway  of 
Bishop  Eastburn,  when  he  fell,  and  before  assistance 
could  be  had  his  Episcopate  was  ended. 

Writings. — 1.  A  few  Sermons  and  Addresses.  2. 
Discourses  on  the  most  important  Doctrines  and  Duties 
of  the  Christian  Religion.     One  vol.  8vo.,  1830. 


No.  13. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

THEODORE  DEIION,  S.T.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  South  Carolina,  was  born  in 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  on  the  8th  day  of  December, 
A.D.  1776. 

He  graduated  at  Harvard  College,  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, A.I).  1795. 

On  the  9th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1797,  he  was  elected 
Hector  of  Trinity  Church,  Xewport,  Rhode  Island. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  i^ewburyport, 
Massachusetts,  on  the  24th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1797, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Edward  Bass,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church,  on  the  9th  day 
of  October,  a.d.  1800,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  removed  to  Rhode  Island,  and  became  the  Rector 
of  Trinity  Church,  KeA\']:)ort,  where  he  remained  until 
1810,  when  he  removed  to  South  Carolina,  and  became 
the  Rector  of  S.  Michael's  Cliurch,  Charleston. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  The  College  of  New  Jersey,  Princeton, 
A.D.  1809. 

He  was  a  Deputy  from  the  Eastern  Diocese  to  the 
General  Convention  which  met  at  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land, A.D.  1808. 


76  THEODORE  DEMON. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  South  Carolina,  in  Christ 
Church,  Philadelphia,  on  the  15th  day  of  October, 
A.D.  1812,  by  The  Right  Eev.  William  Wliite,  D.D., 
assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Abraham  Jarvis,  S.T.D., 
and  The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D. 

Bishop  Dehon  died  on  the  6th  day  of  August,  a.d. 
1817,  and  was  buried  in  the  Chancel  of  S.  Michael's 
Church,  Charleston. 

Writings. — 1.  Various  Episcopal  Addresses,  and  Ser- 
mons preached  on  special  occasions.  2.  Two  volumes 
of  Sermons,  8vo.,  published  after  his  death.  An  edition 
was  printed  for  sale  in  England,  and  from  this  a  profit 
of  £321  was  realized  by  the  Committee  of  Publication. 


No.  14. 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

RICHARD   CIIANNING   MOORE,   D.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  Virginia,  was  born  in  the  city  of 
Xew  York  on  the  21st  day  of  August,  a.d.  1762. 

5e  studied  Medicine,  and  after  a  few  years'  practice 
abandoned  the  Profession  and  studied  Theology  under 
the  direction  of  Bishop  Provoost. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  George's  Chapel,  l^ew  York, 
on  the  loth  day  of  July,  a.d.  1787,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Samuel  Provoost,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Paul's  Chapel,  Xew  York,  on 
the  19th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1787,  by  the  same 
Prelate. 

lie  removed  to  Rye,  in  Westchester  County,  K'ew 
York,  and  became  the  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  where 
he  remained  until  1789,  when  he  removed  to  Staten 
Island  and  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Andrew's  Church, 
which  position  he  held  for  twenty-one  years. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
Dartmouth  College,  Hanover,  'New  Hampshire,  a.d. 
1805. 

In  1808  he  was  Deputy  from  Kew  York  to  the 
General  Convention  which  met  at  Baltimore,  and  was 
appointed  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Hym- 
nody. 

7*  77 


78  RICHARD    CHANNIi\G   MOORE. 

In  1809  lie  removed  to  New  York  City,  and  became 
the  Rector  of  S.  Stephen's  Churcli. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Virginia  in  S.  James'  Church, 
Philadelphia,  on  the  18th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1814,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  William  White,  D.D.,  assisted  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Alexander  Viets  Griswold,  S.T.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  Theodore  Dehon,  S.T.D. 

Upon  his  removal  to  Virginia  he  settled  at  Rich- 
mond, and  became  the  Rector  of  The  Monmiiental 
Church. 

Bishop  Moore  died  in  Lynchburg,  Virginia,  while  on 
a  visitation,  on  the  11th  day  of  ISTovember,  a.d.  1841, 
and  was  buried  in  the  public  cemetery  at  Richmond, 

"Writings. — Various  Addresses  to  his  Clergy  and 
Convention,  and  The  Sermon  preached  before  The 
General  Convention  in  S.  James'  Church,  Philadel- 
phia, A.D.  1820. 


No.    15. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

JAMES  KEMP,   S.T.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  Maryland,  was  born  in  Keith 
Hall  Parish,  Aberdeenshire,  Scotland,  on  the  20th  day 
of  May,  A.D.  1764.* 

He  graduated  at  Marischal  College,  Aberdeen,  a.d. 
1786,  and  came  to  the  United  States  a.d.  1787. 

He  studied  Theology  under  the  direction  of  The 
Rev.  John  Bowie,  D.D.,  Rector  of  Great  Choptank 
Parish,  in  Maryland. 

Ordered  Beacon  in  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia, 
on  the  26th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1789,  by  The  Right 
Rev.  William  Wliite,  B.B. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church,  on  the  27th 
day  of  December,  a.d.  1789,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

In  August,  A.D.  1790,  he  succeeded  The  Rev.  Dr. 
Bowie  in  the  Rectorship  of  Great  Choptank  Parish, 
where  he  remained  until  1813,  when  he  removed  to 
Baltimore  and  became  the  Associate  Rector  of  S. 
Paul's  Church. 

*  At  Densie  burn,  June  26tb,  1704,  Donald  Kempt  and  Isabel 
Copland  Residenters  there  had  a  son  baptized,  named  James,  before 
these  witnesses,  William  and  James  Smiths  and  James  Booth  in 
Ardmurdo. — [From  the  lieyister  of  Keilh-haU.) 

79 


^Q  JAMES  KEMP. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1802. 

Consecrated  Bishop  iSuttragan  to  Bishop  Claggett 
of  Maryland,  in  Christ  Church,  ISTew-Brunswick,  New 
Jersey,  on  the  1st  day  of  September,  a.d.  1814,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  William  White,  D.D.,  assisted  by 
The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  D.D. 

Bishop  Claggett  assigned  to  his  care  that  portion 
of  the  Diocese  known  as  "  The  Eastern  Shore" — now 
The  Diocese  of  Easton. 

In  1815  he  was  elected  as  Provost  of  The  Univer- 
sity of  Maryland,  in  Baltimore,  which  office  he  held 
during  the  rest  of  his  life. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  Claggett,  a.d.  1816,  he 
became  the  Bishop  of  Maryland. 

Bishop  Kemp  died  on  the  28tli  day  of  October,  1827. 
He  had  been  to  Philadelphia  to  assist  in  the  Consecra- 
tion of  The  Rev.  Dr.  H.  U.  Onderdonk  to  the  Episco- 
pate, and  on  his  return  was  so  injured  by  the  upsetting 
of  the  stage  coach,  near  New  Castle,  Delaware,  that 
he  died  after  three  days  of  great  suffering. 

Writings. — 1.  Several  Addresses  to  his  Convention. 
2.  A  Sermon  on  the  death  of  Washington,  1800.  3. 
A  Sermon  before  the  Convention  of  the  Diocese  of 
Maryland,  1803.  4.  A  Sermon  before  the  Free  Masons, 
1806.     5.  A  Sermon  on  Death-Bed  Repentance,  1815. 

6.  A  Sermon  on  the  death  of  Bishop  Claggett,  1816. 

7.  A  Sermon   before  The  General  Convention,  1821. 

8.  A  Tract  on  Conversion,  1807.  9.  Letters  in  Vindi- 
cation of  Episcopacy,  1808.  10.  An  Address  to  the 
Students  of  The  General  Theological  Seminary,  1825. 


No.  16. 
THE   RIGHT    REVEREND 

JOHN  CROES,  S.T.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  ISTew  Jersey,  was  born  in  Eliza- 
betlitown,  jS'ow  Jersey,  (now  Elizabeth,)  on  the  1st  day 
of  June,  A.D.  1762. 

He  prepared  himself  for  a  teacher,  and  opened  a 
private  classical  school.  He  decided  to  prepare  for 
Holy  Orders,  studied  Theology  during  the  intervals 
of  teaching,  and  applied  for  Ordination  to  Bishop 
"Wliite. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Peter's  Church,  Philadelphia, 
on  the  28th  day  of  February,  a.d.  1790,  by  The  Right 
Rev.  William  Wliite,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church,  on  the  4th  day 
of  March,  a.d.  1792,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  settled  at  Swedesborough,  New  Jersey,  and  be- 
came the  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  where  he  remained 
twelve  years. 

In  1793  he  was  a  Deputy  to  the  General  Conven- 
tion from  New  Jersey. 

In  1801  he  removed  to  JSTew-Brunswick,  and  became 
the  Rector  of  Christ's  Church,  with  charge  of  S.  Peter's 
Church  at  Spotswood.  He  also  had  the  charge  of  an 
Academy  in  New-Brunswick. 

D*  81 


82  JOHN  CROES. 

lie  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  I^ew  York,  a.d.  1811. 

In  1814  he  was  again  a  Deputy  to  the  General  Con- 
vention from  New  Jersey,  and  was  chosen  President 
of  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies. 

In  June,  1815,  he  was  elected  to  the  Episcopate  of 
Connecticut,  which  he  declined;  In  August  of  the 
same  year,  he  was  elected  to  tlie  Episcopate  of  New 
Jersey. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  New  Jersey  in  S.  Peter's 
Church,  Philadelphia,  on  the  19th  day  of  November, 
A.D.  1815,  by  The  Right  Eev.  WiUiam  White,  D.D., 
assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D., 
and  The  Right  Rev.  James  Kemp,  S.T.D. 

Bishop  Croes  died  on  the  26th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1832. 

"Writings. — In  addition  to  several  Addresses  to  his 
Convention,  he  published  a  Sermon  on  the  Duty  of 
contributing  liberally  to  the  Promotion  of  Religious 
and  Benevolent  Institutions,  and  a  Sermon  before  The 
General  Convention,  a.d.  1823. 


No.  17. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEllEND 

NATHANIEL  BOWEN,  D.D. 

The   third  Bishop   of  South   Carolina,  was   born   in 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  on  the  29th  day  of  June,  a.d. 

1779. 

In  1787  his  father  removed  to  Charleston,  South 
Carolina,  and  died  there  soon  after  his  arrival.  The 
Rev.  Robert  Smith  (afterwards  the  Bishop  of  South 
Carolina)  took  charge  of  the  boy,  and  superintended 
his  education. 

He  graduated  at  Charleston  College,  a:d.  1794,  and 
became  a  Tutor  in  that  institution,  where  he  remained 
for  some  time.  • 

He  removed  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  studied 
Theology  under  the  direction  of  The  Rev.  Dr.  Parker, 
(afterwards  Bishop,)  the  Rector  of  Trinity  Church. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  Boston,  on  the 
3d  day  of  June,  a.d.  1800,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Edward 

Bass,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Is^cwburyport, 
]SIassachusctts,  in  October,  a.d.  1802,  by  the  same  Pre- 
late.    The  precise  date  is  not  known. 

He  removed  to  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  and  took 
charo-e  of  S.  John's  Church,  but  in  March,  a.d.  1802, 
°  83 


84  NATHANIEL   BO  WEN. 

he  returned  to  Cliarleston  and  became  the  Assistant 
Minister  in  S.  Michael's  Church,  succeeding  to  the 
Rectorship  in  1804.  In  1809  he  removed  to  New 
York,  and  became  the  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  where 
he  remained  nine  years. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  University  of  Pennsylvania  and  from  The  College 
of  South  Carolina, -A.D.  1814. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  South  Carolina  in  Christ 
Church,  Philadelphia,  on  the  18th  day  of  October,  a.d. 
1818,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William  White,  D.D.,  assisted 
by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  James  Kemp,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Croes,  S.T.D. 

Bishop  Bowen  died  in  Charleston  on  the  25th  day 
of  August,  A.D.  1839,  and  was  buried  in  the  Chancel 
of  S.  Michael's  Church. 

Writings. — 1.  A  Sermon  preached  before  The  New 
York  Bible  and  Common  Prayer  Book  Society,  1812. 
2.  Pastoral  Advice,  An  Essay,  1831.  3.  Six  Sermons 
on  Christian  Cousolation,  1831.  4.  Duty  of  being 
Confirmed,  1831.  5.  On  Responding  Aloud,  1833.  6. 
Fast-Day  Circular,  1833.  7.  An  Address  to  the  Stu- 
dents of  The  General  Theological  Seminary,  1836.  8. 
Sermon  on  the  death  of  Bishop  White,  1836.  Two 
vols.  8vo.  of  his  Sermons  were  published  after  his 
death. 


No.   18. 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

PHILANDER  CHASE,   S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Ohio,  was  born  in  Cornish,  !N'ew 
Hampshire,  on  tlie  14th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1775. 

He  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College,  a.d.  1796. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Paul's  Chapel,  New  York,  on 
the  10th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1798,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Samuel  Provoost,  D.D.  • 

Note. — In  Bishop  Chase's  Reminiscences,  the  place 
of  Ordination  to  the  Diaconate  is  given  as  S.  George's 
Chapel,  and  the  date  as  the  10th  of  May.  The  Orig- 
inal Certificate  of  his  Ordination  however,  written  in 
full  by  Bishop  Provoost  and  signed  by  him,  is  now 
(1878)  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  S.  Rollinson  Colburn,  of 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  gives  S.  Paul's  Chapel  as  the 
place,  and  the  10th  of  June  as  the  time.  I  have  fol- 
lowed the  Official  Document. — Ed. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Paul's  Chapel,  New  York,  on 
the  10th  day  of  November,  a.d.  1799,  by  the  same 
Prelate. 

During  the  eighteen  months  following  his  admission 
to  the  Diaconate,  he  acted  as  a  Missionary  in  the 
northern  and  western  portions  of  the  Diocese  of  New 
York.  The  Parishes  at  Utica,  Canandaigua,  and 
Auburn  were  organized  by  him. 

8  85 


86  PHILANDER    CHASE. 

In  1800  he  took  charge  of  the  Parishes  at  Pough- 
keepsie  and  Pishkilh 

In  1805  he  went  to  New  Orleans,  where  he  organized 
the  Parish  of  Christ  Church  and  became  its  Eector. 

In  1811  he  returned  to  the  North,  and  after  ofhcia- 
ting  for  a  short  time  at  Christ  Church,  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  he  became  the  Rector  of  that  Parish. 

In  1817  he  resigned,  and  started  out  as  a  Missionary 
for  the  regions  west  of  the  Alleghany  Mountains. 

His  first  service  in  Ohio  was  held  at  Salem,  on  the 
16th  day  of  March,  a.d.  1817.  He  organized  the 
Parishes  at  Columbus,  Ravenna,  Windsor,  Middlebury, 
and  Zanesville. 

In  June,  1817,  he  became  the  Rector  of  the  Parishes  at 
Worthington,  Delaware,  and  Columbus,  taking  charge 
at  the  same  time  of  an  Academy  at  Worthington. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Ohio  in  S.  James'  Church, 
Philadelphia,  on  the  11th  day  of  February,  a.d.  1819, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  William  White,  D.D.,  assisted  by 
The  Right^Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  James  Kemp,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  John 
Croes,  S.T.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1819, 
and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  Cincinnati  College, 
A.D.  1823. 

In  1821  he  accepted  the  Office  of  President  of  Cin- 
cinnati College,  which  position  he  held  for  two  years. 
During  this  time  he  perfected  his  plans  for  a  Theolog- 
ical Seminary. 

He  went  to  England,  where  he  succeeded  through 
the  influence  of  Lord  Gumbier  and  Lord  Kenyon,  in 


PHILANDER    CHASE.  87 

collecting  a  large  sum  of  money,  with  which  he  founded 
The  Theological  Seminary  and  Kenyon  College,  in 
Garahier,  Ohio.  This  work  occupied  his  time  for 
more  than  ten  years. 

In  September,  a.d.  1831,  he  resigned  his  position  as 
President  of  the  Theological  Seminary  and  Kenyon 
College,  and  at  the  same  time  that  of  Bishop  of  Ohio. 

In  1832  he  took  possession  of  a  large  tract  of  land 
in  Michigan,  where  he  remained  for  three  years. 

In  1835  he  was  chosen  by  the  Clergy  of  Illinois  as 
their  Bishop,  which  position  he  accepted,  and  under 
his  direction  the  work  of  the  Church  in  Illinois  was 
organized,  and  the  Diocese  admitted  to  union  with 
the  General  Convention. 

He  went  again  to  England  and  succeeded  in  collect- 
ing about  ten  thousand  dollars,  with  which  he  founded 
Jubilee  College,  at  a  Point  in  Peoria  County,  Blinois, 
which  he  named  "  Robin's  ISTest."  The  Corner  Stone 
of  the  new  College  was  laid  in  1838. 

In  1839-40  he  visited  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  South 
Carolina  and  Georgia,  soliciting  aid  for  his  new  enter- 
prise. He  also  visited  the  Eastern  and  Middle  States 
for  the  same  purpose. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  Griswold,  a.d.  1843,  he 
became  the  Presiding  Bishop. 

Bishop  Chase  died  on  the  20th  day  of  September,  a.d. 
1852,  and  was  buried  in  the  Cemetery  of  Jubilee  Col- 
lege. A  plain  Monument  marks  the  spot,  upon  which 
is  a  Cross  in  the  midst  of  clouds,  with  his  favorite 
motto,  "  Jehovah  Jireh,"  upon  it. 

Writings. — 1.  The  Pastoral  Letters  of  The  House 
of  Bishops  from  a.d.  1844  to  a.d.  1850,  inclusive.    2.  A 


gg  PHILANDER   CHASE. 

Plea  for  the  West,  1826.  3.  The  Star  in  the  West,  or 
Kenyoii  College,  1828.  4.  Defence  of  Kenyon  College, 
1831.  5.  A  Plea  for  Jubilee,  1835.  6.  Reminiscences ; 
An  Autobiography,  2  vols.  8vo.,  1847. 

Bishop  Chase  also  edited  for  about  three  years  before 
his  death  a  monthly  publication  for  his  Diocese,  called 
"  The  Motto." 


No.  lO. 
THE    RIGHT   REVERKND 

THOMAS  CHURCH   BROWNELL,   S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

The  third  Bishop  of  Connecticut,  was  born  at  West- 
port,  Massachusetts,  on  the  19th  day  of  October,  a.d. 
1779. 

He  graduated  at  Union  College,  Schenectady,  New 
York,  A.D.  1804. 

In  1805-6  he  was  Tutor,  1806-11  Professor  of  Logic 
and  Belles-Lettres,  1811-14  Lecturer  on  Chemistry, 
1814-17  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and  Chemistry,  in  Union 
College. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  on 
the  11th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1816,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  on 
the  4th  day  of  August,  a.d.  1816,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Connecticut  in  Trinity 
Church,  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  on  the  27th  day 
of  November,  a.d.  1819,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William 
White,  D.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Alexander 
Viets  Griswold,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  John 
Henry  Hobart,  D.D. 

Upon  removing  to  Connecticut,  he  settled  in  Hart- 
ford, where,  in  1824,  he  founded  Washington  (now 
Trinity)  College,  and  became  its  first  President. 

8*  89 


90  THOMAS  CHURCH  BROW  NELL. 

The  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  Theology  was  con- 
ferred upon  him  by  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d. 
1819,  and  that  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  by  Union  College, 
during  the  same  year. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  Philander  Chase,  (a.d. 
1852,)  he  became  the  Presiding  Bishop. 

Bishop  Brownell  died  on  the  13th  day  of  January, 
A.D.  1865,  and  was  buried  in  the  Cemetery  known  as 
"  Cedar  Hill,"  in  Hartford,  Connecticut. 

A  full  length  Statue  of  the  Bishop  in  his  Episcopal 
Robes  was  cast  in  bronze  in  Munidi,  and  placed  on 
the  College  Campus  at  Hartford,  by  his  son-in-law, 
Mr.  Gordon  W.  Burnham,  of  New  York. 

Writings. — 1.  Commentary  on  the  Book  of  Com- 
mon Prayer,  8vo.  2.  Consolation  for  the  Afflicted, 
18mo.  3.  Christian's  Walk  and  Consolation,  18mo.  4. 
Exhortation  to  Repentance,  18mo.  5.  Family  Prayer 
Book.  6.  Religion  of  the  Heart,  5  vols.  7.  Religious 
Inquirer  answered,  18mo.  8.  Youthful  Christian's 
Guide,  18mo.  9,  Several  Single  Sermons,  Essays, 
Addresses,  and  occasional  Papers  in  the  Periodicals 
of  the  day.  10.  Addresses  and  Sermons  to  The  Con- 
vention of  the  Diocese  of  Connecticut.  11.  A  Charge 
— The  Errors  of  the  Times.  12.  New  Englandism  not 
the  Religion  of  the  Bible.  An  examination  of  a  review 
of  his  fourth  Charo;e. 


No.  20. 
THE    RIGHT   REVEREND 

JOHN  STARK  RAVENSCROFT,  S.T.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  North  Carolina,  was  born  near 
Blanford,  in  Prince  George's  County,  Maryland,  a.d. 
1772. 

Shortly  after  his  birth  his  father  removed  with  his 
family  to  Scotland,  where  he  soon  died. 

In  1789  young  Ravenscroft  returned  to  America, 
and  entered  The  College  of  "William  and  Mary,  Wil- 
liamsburg, Virginia,  his  purpose  being  to  prepare 
himself  for  the  practice  of  Law.  This  he  never  ac- 
complished. 

In  1792  he  returned  to  Scotland,  for  the  purpose  of 
completing  the  settlement  of  his  tather's  estate.  This 
done,  he  returned  to  Virginia,  where  he  settled  to 
the  pursuits  of  a  country  life  in  Lunenburg  County. 
Here  he  resided  for  eighteen  years,  during  which  time 
it  is  said  of  him  :  "  He  never  bent  his  knees  in  prayer, 
nor  did  he  once  open  a  Bible." 

In  1810  his  mind  took  a  new  direction,  and  he  joined 
a  body  of  Christians  known  as  "  Republican  Method- 
ists." Their  extravagant  and  almost  wild  fanaticism 
soon  drove  him  from  them,  and  after  proper  instruc- 

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92  JOHN  STARK  RAVENSCROFT. 

tions  he  was  confirmed  by  Tlie  Right  Rev.  Richard 
Channing  Moore,  S.T.D.,  the  Bishop  of  Virginia. 

In  1817  he  was  elected  Rector  of  S.  James'  Church, 
Mecklenburg  County,  some  months  before  his  ordi- 
nation. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond, on  the  25th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1817,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  George's  Church,  Fredericks- 
burg, on  the  6th  day  of  May  in  the  same  year,  by  the 
same  Prelate. 

In  1823  he  was  elected  Rector  of  the  Parish  at  ]^or- 
folk,  but  declined. 

During  the  same  year  he  was  chosen  Assistant 
Minister  to  the  Bishop,  who  was  Rector  of  The  Monu- 
mental Church,  Richmond.  While  this  call  was  under 
consideration,  he  was  elected  to  the  Episcopate  of 
North  Carolina. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  N^orth  Carolina,  in  S.  Paul's 
Church,  Philadelphia,  on  the  22d  day  of  May,  a.d. 
1823,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William  Wliite,  D.D.,  as- 
sisted by  The  Right  Rev.  James  Kemp,  S.T.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  John  Croes,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Na- 
thaniel Bowen,  D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas 
Church  Brownell,  S.T.D. 

The  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  Theology  was  con- 
ferred upon  him  b}^  Columbia  College,  New  York, 
A.D.  1823,  and  that  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  by  The  Col- 
lege of  William  and  Mary,  Williamsburg,  Virginia, 
and  by  The  University  of  North  Carolina,  Chapel  Hill, 
during  the  same  year. 

He  was  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Raleigh,  for  five 


JOHN  STARK  RAVENSCROFT.  93 

years,  after  wliich  he  removed  to  Williamsborougli, 
and  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Joliii's  Cliurch,  which 
position  lie  liekl  nntil  the  spring  of  1829. 

Bisliop  llavenscroft  died  on  the  5tli  day  of  March, 
A.D.  I80O,  and  was  hnried  in  a  Yanlt  he  had  some  time 
before  prepared,  beneath  the  Chancel  of  Christ  Church, 
Raleigh. 

Writinos. — A  few  Sermons,  Charges,  Letters,  &c., 
Avhich,  with  an  addition  of  sixty-one  Sermons  indi- 
cated by  himself,  were  published  after  his  death,  in 
2  vols.  8vo. 


No.  31. 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

HENRY  USTICK  ONDERDONK,  S.T.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  Pennsylvania,  was  born  in  the 
City  of  New  York  on  the  16th  day  of  March,  a.d. 
1789. 

He  graduated  at  Cokimhia  College,  New  York,  a.d. 
1805. 

He  went  abroad,  and  studied  medicine  in  London 
and  Edinburgh,  The  Degree  of  M.D.  he  received  from 
The  University  of  Edinburgh. 

Returning  to  the  United  States,  he  began  the  prac- 
tice of  Medicine  in  New  York,  and  became  the  Asso- 
ciate Editor,  with  Dr.  Valentine  Mott,  of  The  New 
York  Medical  Journal.  He  abandoned  his  Profession 
after  a  few  years,  and  studied  Theology  under  the 
direction  of  Bishop  Hobart. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Paul's  Chapel,  New  York,  on 
the  8th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1815,  by  The  Eight 
Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D, 

Ordained  Priest  in  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  on 
the  11th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1816,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  went  at  once  as  a  Missionary  to  Canandaigua, 
New  York,  where  he  remained  four  years.  Tn  1820 
he  removed  to  Brooklyn,  Long  Island,  and  became  the 
Rector  of  S.  Ann's  Church,  where  he  remained  until 
his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

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HENRY    USTICK  ONDERDOXK.  9,3 

Consecrated  Assistant  Bisliop  of  Pennsylvania,  in 
Christ  Cliurcli,  Philadel[)liia,  on  the  25th  day  of  Oc- 
tober, A.D.  1827,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William  White, 
D.D.,  assisted  by  the  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Ilobart, 
D.D.,  The  Right  Rev."  James  Kemp,  S.T.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  John  Croes,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev. 
Xathaniel  Bo  wen,  D.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  and  from 
Geneva  (now  Ilobart)  College,  a.d.  1827. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  A^^lite,  a.d.  1836,  he  be- 
came the  Bishop  of  Pennsylvania. 

In  1844,  owing  to  a  wide-spread  dissatisfaction,  he 
sent  his  resignation  to  the  House  of  Bishops.  The 
resignation  was  accepted,  but  he  was  presented  for 
trial  under  the  charge  of  intemperance,  and  suspended 
from  all  sacerdotal  functions.  In  1856  he  was  restored 
to  his  Office  and  Ministry. 

Bishop  Onderdonk  died  in  Philadelphia  on  the  6th 
day  of  December,  a.d.  1858,  and  was  buried  in  the 
Church  Yard  of  S.  James  the  Less. 

Writings. — 1.  Appeal  to  the  Religious  Public  of 
Canandaigua,  1818.  2.  Episcopacy  tested  by  Scrip- 
ture, 1830.  3.  Episcopacy  Examined  and  Re-examined, 
1835.  4.  Essay  on  Regeneration,  1835.  5.  Family 
Devotions  from  The  Liturgy,  1835.  6.  Sermons  and 
Charges,  2  vols.  8vo.,  1851. 

The  Hymns  in  the  Old  Prayer  Book  Collection, 
Nos.  14, 105,  106, 109, 131, 195,  203,  208,  and  211,  were 
written  by  him,  and  the  versified  Psalms  in  the  same 
collection,  Xos.  16,  23,  and  59,  were  his. 


ISTo.  23. 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

WILLIAM  MEADE,  D.D. 


The  third  Bishop  of  Virginia,  was  born  near  Millwood, 
Clark  County,  Virginia,  on  the  11th  day  of  l^ovember, 
A.D.  1789. 

He  graduated  at  The  College  of  JSTew  Jersey,  Prince- 
ton, A.D.  1808. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Bruton  Parish  Church,  Williams- 
burg, Virginia,  on  the  24th  day  of  February,  a.d.  1811, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  James  Madison,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Alexandria, 
Virginia,  on  the  29th  day  of  January,  a.d.  1814,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Thomas  John  Claggett,  D.D.,  Bishop  of 
Maryland. 

He  began  his  ministry  as  the  Assistant  of  The  Rev. 
Alexander  Balmaine,  Rector  of  the  Parish  Church  at 
Millwood.  In  the  Autumn  of  1811  he  went  to  Alex- 
andria, and  took  charge  of  Christ  Church.  In  1813 
he  returned  to  Millwood,  and  upon  the  death  of  Mr. 
Balmaine,  became  the  Rector  of  the  Parisli. 

Consecrated  Assistant  Bishop  of  Virginia  in  S. 
James'  Church,  Philadelphia,  on  the  19th  day  of  Au- 
gust, A.D.  1829,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William  ^Vliite, 
D.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Ilobart, 


WILLIAM  MEADE.  97 

D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Alexander  Viets  Griswold, 
S.T.D.,  Tlie  Right  Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore, 
S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  John  Croes,  S.T.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  Thomas  Church  Brownell,  S.T.D.,  and 
The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk,  S.T.D. 

Upon  the  -death  of  Bishop  R.  C.  Moore,  he  became 
the  Bishop  of  Virginia. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  College  of  William  and  Mary,  a.d.  1827. 

Bishop  Meade  died  on  the  14th  day  of  March,  a.d. 
1862,  in  Richmond,  Virginia,  and  was  buried  in  Holy- 
wood  Cemetery.  His  remains  were  subsequently  re- 
moved to  the  Cemetery  of  the  Theological  Seminary, 
near  Alexandria. 

Writings. — 1.  Family  Prayer,  1834.  2.  Lectures 
on  the  Pastoral  Office,  1849.  3.  Lectures  to  Students, 
1849.  4.  Old  Churches  and  Families  in  Virginia.  5. 
The  Bible  and  the  Classics,  1861.  6.  Sermons,  Ad- 
dresses, papers  of  a  controversial  nature,  and  Addresses 
to  his  Convention. 


No.  23. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

WILLIAM  MURRAY  STONE,  S.T.D. 

The  third  Bishop  of  Maryland,  was  born  in  Somei^set 
County,  Maryland,  on  the  1st  day  of  June,  a.d,  1779. 

He  graduated  at  Washington  College,  Kent  County, 
A.D.  1799,  and  studied  Theology  under  the  direction 
of  The  Rev.  George  Dashiel  of  Baltimore. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Prince  George's 
County,  on  the  17th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1802,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Thomas  John'  Claggett,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church,  on  the  27th 
day  of  December  in  the  same  year,  by  the  same  Pre- 
late. 

In  1803  he  became  Rector  of  Stepney  Parish,  (now 
in  Wicomico  County,)  Somerset  County,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1829,  when  he  became  the  Rector  of  S. 
Paul's  Church,  Chestertown,  Chester  Parish,  in  the 
County  of  Kent. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Maryland  in  S.  Paul's  Church, 
Baltimore,  on  the  21st  day  of  October,  a.d.  1830,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  William  White,  D.D.,  assisted  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  D.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right 
Rev.  AVilliam  Meade,  D.D. 

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WILLIAM   MUIiliAY  STONE.  99 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Cohinibia  CoUege,  a.d.  1830. 

Bishop  Stone  died  on  the  2Cth  day  of  February, 
A.D.  1838.  He  was  buried  in  a  private  burial  place, 
but  his  remains  were  afterwards  removed  to  "  The 
Parsons'  Cemetery"  in  Salisbury. 

Writings. — 1.  A  Charge  to  the  Clergy  and  Laity  of 
Maryland,  1831.  2.  Pastoral  Letter  to  his  Diocese,  1835. 
3.  The  Sermon  before  The  General  Convention,  1835. 


No.  24. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

BENJAMIN  TREDWELL  ONDERDONK,  S.T.D. 

The  fourth  Bishop  of  ISTew  York,  was  born  in  the  City 
of  ISTew  York,  on  the  15th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1791. 

He  graduated  at  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d. 
1809. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Paul's  Chapel,  New  York,  on 
the  2d  day  of  August,  a.d.  1812,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Trinity  Church,  Newark,  New 
Jersey,  on  the  26th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1815,  by  the 
same  Prelate. 

He  was  elected  Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  History 
in  The  General  Theological  Seminary,  New  York,  and 
afterwards  an  Assistant  Minister  in  Trinity  Church. 
This  position  he  held  until  after  his  elevation  to  the 
Episcopate.  He  was  elected  Secretary  of  the  Diocesan 
Convention  of  New  York  in  1816,  and  was  re-elected 
every  year  until  1830. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1826. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  New  York  in  S.  John's 
Chapel,  New  York,  on  the  26th  day  of  November, 
a.d.  1830,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William  White,  D.D., 

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BENJAMIN   TKEDWELL    ONDERDONK.  Id 

assisted  by  The  Riglit  Rev.  Tlioinas  Cliurcli  Browiu-ll, 
S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk, 
S.T.D. 

He  was  suspended  "  from  the  office  of  a  Bishop  in 
the  Church  of  God,  and  from  the  functions  of  the 
Sacred  Ministry,"  on  the  3d  day  of  January,  a. i).  1845. 

At  the  Diocesan  Convention  of  New  York,  a.d. 
1859,  a  Resolution  was  offisred,  "  requesting  the  House 
of  Bishops  to  terminate  the  suspension  of  Bisliop 
Onderdonk,"  &c.  This  was  passed  by  a  vote  of  147 
to  19  of  the  Clergy,  and  75  to  46  of  the  Laity.  The 
petition  was  never  granted. 

Bishop  Onderdonk  died  in  the  City  of  New  York 
on  the  30th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1861,  and  was  buried 
in  Trinity  Cemetery. 


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No.   S5. 

THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

LEVI   SILLIMAN   IVES,  S.T.D.,   LL.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  North  Carohna,  was  born  in 
Meriden,  Connecticut,  on  the  16th  day  of  September, 
A.D.  1797. 

In  1816  he  entered  Hamilton  College,  intending  to 
study  for  the  Presbyterian  Ministry.  His  health  failed, 
and  he  was  obliged  to  abandon  his  project.  Subse- 
quently he  removed  to  ISTew  York,  and,  having  decided 
to  study  for  Holy  Orders  placed  himself  under  the 
direction  of  Bishop  Hobart,  who  superintended  his 
Theological  Studies. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  ISTew  York,  on 
the  14th  day  of  August,  a.d.  1822,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Henry  Hobart,  B.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Trinity  Church,  (Southwark,) 
Philadelphia,  on  the  14th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1823,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  William  White,  D.D. 

His  first  ministrations  were  in  S.  James'  Church, 
Batavia,  New  York.  Subsequently,  he  was  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  (Southwark,)  Philadelphia,  Assistant 
Minister  at  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  and  Rector  of 
S.  James'  Church,  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 

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LEVI  SILLIMAN  IVES.  103 

ology  from  Columbia  College,  !N'ew  York,  a.d.  1824, 
and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  The  University  of 
North  Carolina,  a.d.  1834. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  North  Carolina  in  Trinity 
Church,  (Southwark,)  Philadelphia,  on  the  22d  day  of 
September,  a.d.  1831,  by  The  Kight  Rev.  AVilliam 
White,  D.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Us- 
tiek  Ouderdonk,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Benj. 
Tredwell  Onderdonk,  S.T.D. 

In  tlie  year  1852,  he  made  his  obedience  to  the 
Roman  Communion,  and  was  formally  deposed  in 
October,  a.d.  1853. 

In  The  Roman  Catholic  Church,  he  never  attained 
any  great  prominence. 

He  was  made  Professor  of  Rhetoric  in  S.  Joseph's 
Seminary  at  Fordham,  New  York,  Lecturer  on  Eng- 
lish Literature  and  Rhetoric  in  the  Convent  of  The 
Sacred  Heart,  and  President  of  the  Order  of  S.  Vincent 
de  Paul. 

He  died  on  the  13th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1867. 

Writings. — 1.  A  Catechism,  18mo.,  2  Pts.  2.  Manual 
of  Devotion,  12mo.  3.  Five  Sermons  on  The  Apostles' 
Doctrine  and  Fellowship,  16mo.  4.  Humility  a  Minis- 
terial Qualification,  an  Address,  1840,  8vo.  5.  Sermon 
on  the  Obedience  of  Faith,  1849, 18mo.  6.  The  Trials 
of  a  Mind  in  its  Progress  to  Catholicism,  a  letter  to 
his  old  friends,  Boston,  1853,  12mo. :  republished  in 
London,  1854,  8vo. 


No.  S6. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

JOII^   HENRY   HOPKINS,   D.D.,   LL.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Vermont,  was  born  in  Dublin,  Ire- 
land, on  the  30th  day  of  January,  a.d.  1792, 

In  the  year  1800,  his  father  removed  with  his  family 
to  the  United  States  and  settled  in  Philadelphia. 

After  a  somewhat  remarkable  experience,  we  find 
him  as  a  member  of  the  Bar,  in  successful  practice  in 
Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania. 

During  an  interregnum  in  the  Rectorship  of  Trinity 
Church,  Pittsburg,  he  acted  as  Lay-reader,  with  charge 
of  the  music,  Sunday-School,  &c.,  keeping  the  Con- 
gregation together.  His  services  were  so  acceptable 
that  the  Vestry  unanimously  elected  him  Rector  of  the 
Parish.  He  was  not  at  that  time  even  a  Candidate  for 
Holy  Orders. 

He  proceeded  at  once  to  Philadelphia,  and,  after  con- 
sultation with  Bishop  White,  decided  to  accept  the  call. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  Philadelphia, 
(Southwark,)  on  the  14th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1823, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  William  Wliite,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  John's  Church,  ISTorristown, 
Pennsylvania,  on  the  12th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1824,  by 
the  same  Prelate. 

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JOHN  IIENIIY  HOPKINS.  105 

In  1826  and  in  1829,  he  was  a  Deputy  to  the  Gen- 
eral Convention  from  the  Diocese  of  Pennsylvania. 

He  remained  in  Pittsburg  until  1831,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Massachusetts  and  became  the  Assistant 
Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  Boston,  and  Professor 
of  Systematic  Divinity  in  the  Theological  School  in 
Boston. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Vermont  in  S.  Paul's  Chapel, 
New  York,  on  the  31st  day  of  October,  a.d.  1832,  by 
The  Eight  Rev.  William  White,  D.D.,  assisted  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Alexander  Viets  Griswold,  S.T.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  Nathaniel  Bowen,  D.D. 

Upon  removing  to  Vermont,  he  became  the  Rector 
of  S.  Paul's  Church,  Burlington. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  University  of  Vermont,  and  that  of  Doctor  of 
Laws  from  Jubilee  College,  Blinois. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  Brownell,  a.d.  1865,  he 
became  the  Presiding  Bishop. 

Bishop  Hopkins  died  in  Burlington,  Vermont,  on 
the  9th  day  of  January,  a.d.  1868,  and  is  buried  in  con- 
secrated ground  at  Rock  Point,  within  the  grounds 
adjoining  the  Episcopal  residence. 

Writings.— 1.  Christianity  Vindicated,  1833.  2.  The 
Primitive  Creed,  examined  and  explained,  1834.  3. 
The  Primitive  Church,  compared,  &c.,  1835.  4.  Essay 
on  Gothic  Architecture,  1836,  4to.  5.  The  Church  of 
Rome  contrasted,  &c.,  1837.  6.  The  Novelties  which 
disturb  our  Peace,  1844.  7.  Sixteen  Lectures  on  The 
Reformation.  8.  The  History  of  the  Confessional, 
1850.  9.  The  "End  of  Controversy"  controverted, 
1854,  2  vols.     10.  The  American  Citizen,  1857.     11. 

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IQQ  JOHN  HENRY  HOPKINS. 

A  Scriptural,  Ecclesiastical  and  Historical  View  of 
Slavery,  1864.  12.  The  Law  of  Ritualism,  1866.  13. 
The  History  of  The  Church,  in  verse,  1867.  Post- 
humous. — A  Candid  Examination  of  the  Question, 
whether  the  Pope  of  Rome  is  the  great  Antichrist  of 
Scripture,    1868. 

Bishop  Hopkins  also  puhlished  a  large  numher  of 
Letters,  Essays,  Sermons  and  various  Addresses,  Lec- 
tures, &c.  See  "  The  Life  of  Bishop  Hopkins,  hy  one 
of  his  sons,"  1873. 


No.  ST. 
THE    RIGHT   REVEREND 

BENJAMIN  BOSWORTH  SMITH,  S.T.D.,  LL.P. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Kentucky',  was  born  in  Bristol, 
Rhode  Island,  on  the  13th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1794. 

He  graduated  at  Brown  University,  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  a.d.  1816. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Michael's  Church,  Bristol,  on 
the  23d  day  of  April,  a.d.  1817,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Alexander  Viets  Griswold,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Michael's  Church,  Marble- 
head,  Massachusetts,  on  the  24th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1818, 
by  the  same  Prelate. 

His  first  Pastoral  work  was  in  S.  Michael's  Parish, 
Marblehead,  where  he  remained  about  two  years,  when 
he  removed  to  Virginia,  and  became  the  Rector  of  S. 
George's  Church,  Accomack  County.  About  two 
years  later,  he  became  the  Rector  of  Zion  Church, 
Charlestown,  with  charge  of  Trinity  Church,  Shep- 
herdstown.  In  1823  he  removed  to  Vermont  and 
became  Rector  of  S.  Stephen's  Church,  Middlebury. 
In  1828  he  took  charge  of  Grace  Church  Mission.j 
Philadelphia.  In  1830  lie  removed  to  Kentucky,  and 
became  the  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Lexington,  which 
position  he  held  until  1837,  when  he  gave  up  all  Pas- 

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108  BENJAMIN  BOS  WORTH  SMITH. 

toral  work,  and  devoted  himself  to  the  duties  of  his 
Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Geneva  College,  (now  Hobart,)  a.d.  1832, 
and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  Brown  University, 
A.D.  1872. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Kentucky  in  S.  Paul's  Chapel, 
'New  York,  on  the  31st  day  of  October,  a.d.  1832,  by 
The  Eight  Rev.  William  White,  D.D.,  assisted  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Thomas  Church  Brownell,  S.T.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk,  S.T.D. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  Hopkins,  a.d.  1868,  he 
became  the  Presiding  Bishop. 

Writings. — 1.  A  Sermon  before  The  General  Con- 
vention, a.d.  1850 :  The  Position  of  The  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  in  these  United  States.  2.  Five 
Charges  to  his  Clergy.  3.  Saturday  Evening,  or 
Thoughts  on  the  Progress  of  the  Plan  of  Salvation, 
1876.  4.  Apostolic  Succession;  Facts  which  prove 
that  a  Ministry  appointed  by  Christ  Himself  involves 
this  Position,  1877. 


No.  28- 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

CHARLES  PETTIT  McILVAINE,  S.T.D.,  D.C.L.,  LL.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  Ohio,  was  horn  in  Burlington, 
Kew  Jersey,  on  the  18th  day  of  January,  a.d.  1799. 

He  graduated  at  The  College  of  New  Jersey,  Prince- 
ton, A.D.  1816,  and  entered  The  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  in  the  Autumn  of  the  same  year. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Peter's  Church,  Philadelphia, 
on  the  28th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1820,  by  The  Pight  Pev. 
William  "White,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Baltimore,  on 
the  20th  day  of  March,  a.d.  1821,  by  The  Pight  Rev. 
James  Kemp,  S.T.D. 

Immediately  upon  his  Ordination  to  the  Diaconate, 
he  removed  to  Georgetown,  D.  C,  and  took  charge  of 
Christ  Church.  Upon  his  Ordination  to  the  Priest- 
hood, he  became  the  Rector  of  the  Parish,  and  re- 
mained in  that  position  four  years. 

In  1825  he  removed  to  West  Point,  and  became 
Professor  of  Ethics  in  the  United  States  Military 
Academy. 

In  1830  he  removed  to  Brooklyn,  Long  Island,  and 
became  the  Rector  of  S.  Ann's  Church.    The  following 

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110  CHARLES  PETTI T  MCILVAINE. 

year,  (1831,)  be  became  Professor  of  Tbe  Evidences 
of  Revealed  Religion,  and  Sacred  Antiquities,  in  Tbe 
University  of  The  City  of  New  York, 

Consecrated  Bisbop  of  Obio  in  S.  Paul's  Cbapel, 
New  York,  on  tbe  31st  day  of  October,  a.d.  1832,  by 
Tbe  Rigbt  Rev.  William  Wbite,  D.D.,  assisted  by  Tbe 
Rigbt  Rev.  Alexander  Yicts  Griswold,  S.T.D.,  and  Tbe 
Rigbt  Rev.  William  Meade,  D.D. 

He  received  tbe  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  Tbe- 
ology  from  Tbe  College  of  New  Jersey,  Princeton, 
and  from  Brown  University,  Providence,  Rbode  Island, 
A.D.  1832 ;  Doctor  of  Canon  Law  from  Tbe  University 
of  Oxford,  England,  a.d.  1853,  and  Doctor  of  Laws 
from  Tbe  University  of  Cambridge,  England,  a.d. 
1867. 

Upon  bis  removal  to  Obio,  be  was  elected  President 
of  Kenyon  College,  Gambler,  wbicb  position  be  beld 
until  1840.  He  was  for  some  years  President  of  tbe 
Tbeological  Seminary  of  Obio,  in  Gambler. 

Bisbop  Mcllvaine  died  in  Florence,  Italy,  on  tbe  13tb 
day  of  Marcb,  a.d.  1873.  He  was  buried  in  Spring 
Grove  Cemetery  near  Cincinnati,  Obio. 

Writings. — 1.  Tbe  Evidences  of  Cbristianity,  in 
their  External  Division ;  a  course  of  Lectures,  1831-2, 
12mo.  2.  Oxford  Divinity  compared  with  that  of  the 
Roman  and  Anglican  Churches,  with  a  Special  Yiew 
of  tbe  Doctrine  of  Justification  by  Faith,  1841,  8vo.  3. 
Tbe  Sinner's  Justification,  1851,  18mo.  4.  The  Holy 
Catholic  Church,  1844,  18mo.  5.  No  Priest,  No  Al- 
tar, No  Sacrifice  but  Christ,  12mo.  6.  Yaledictory 
Ofl:ering — Five  Sermons,  1853,  12mo.  7.  A  Word  in 
Season,  to  Candidates  for  Confirmation.     8.  Tbe  Doc- 


CHARLES  PETTI T  MclLVAISE.  \\\ 

trines  of  The  Protestant  Episcopal  Cliureli,  as  to  Con- 
lirmation.  9.  Chief  Danger  of  The  Chureli.  10.  The 
Truth  and  The  Life,  22  Discourses,  1855,  8vo.  11.  A 
collection  of  Sermons  compiled  from  Englisli  sources. 
12.  Occasional  Rernions,  Addresses,  Pastoral  Letters, 
&c.  13.  Varied  and  frequent  contrihutions  to  Periodi- 
cals, &c. 

Note. — Bishop  McPvaine,  in  a  letter  to  The  Rev. 
George  Morgan  Hills,  D.D.,  Rector  of  S.  Mary's 
Church,  Burlington,  New  Jersey,  which  hears  the  date 
of  April  1st,  1872,  says :  "  I  was  Ordained  Deacon  in 
S.  Peter's  Church,  Pl'iiladeli)hia,  July  4th,  1820." 

Bishop  "Wliite,  in  his  address  to  the  Convention  of 
the  Diocese  of  Pennsylvania,  in  May,  a.d.  1821,  says: 
"  On  the  8th  day  of  June  (1820)  I  Ordained  Samuel 
C.  Brinckle  and  Charles  P.  Mcllvaine  to  the  Holy 
Order  of  Deacons." 

Bishop  Burgess,  in  his  "  List  of  Deacons  Ordained 
from  A.D.  1785,  to  a.d.  1857,  says:  "  481.  Charles  Pettit 
Mcllvaine,  June  18th,  (1820,)  Bishop  White." 

This  great  discrepancy  led  to  a  careful  investigation. 
A  paper  called  the  "  Episcopal  Magazine,"  was  puh- 
lished  in  Philadelphia  at  that  time,  and  the  record 
there  given  is  this:  '■^Ordinations.  An  Ordination  was 
"  held  in  S.  Peter's  Church,  Philadelphia,  on  "Wednes- 
"  day,  the  28th  day  of  June,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Bishop 
"  White,  when  the  Rev.  Samuel  C.  Brinckle,  Rector 
"  of  S.  David's,  Radnor,  was  admitted  to  the  Holy 
"  Order  of  Priests,  and  Charles  Mcllvaine,  of  Bur- 
"  lington,  New  Jersey,  to  the  Holy  Order  of  Deacons." 
Upon  further  examination,  it  was  found  that  Mr. 
Brinckle  had  been  Ordered  Deacon  by  Bishop  White 


112  CHARLES  PETTI T  MCJLVAINE. 

on  the  6tli  of  May,  a.d.  1818.  At  last  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  Brinckle  found  her  father's  Letters  of  Orders, 
where  the  date  of  his  Ordination  to  the  Diaconate  is 
given  as  May  6th,  1818,  and  to  the  Priesthood,  June 
28th,  1820. 

This  is  without  douht  the  true  date. 


No.  20. 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

GEORGE   WASHINGTON   DOANE,   S.T.D.,   LL.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  New  Jersey,  was  born  in  Tren- 
ton, New  Jersey,  on  the  27th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1799. 

He  graduated  at  Union  College,  Schenectady,  New 
York,  A.D.  1818. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  New  York,  on 
the  19th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1821,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D. 

Ordained  Triest  in  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  on 
the  6th  day  of  August,  a.d.  1823,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  was  an  Assistant  Minister  in  Trinity  Church, 
New  York,  until  1825,  when  he  removed  to  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  where  he  became  the  Professor  of  Rhetoric 
and  Belles-Lettres  in  Washington  (now  Trinity)  College. 

In  1828  he  removed  to  Boston  and  became  an  As- 
sistant Minister,  and  subsequently  the  Rector,  of  Trinity 
Church,  where  he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the 
Episcopate. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  New  Jersey  in  S.  Paul's 
Chapel,  New  York,  on  the  31st  day  of  November,  a.d. 
1832,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William  White,  D.D.,  assisted 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Benj.  Tredwell  Ondcrdonk,  S.T.D., 
and  The  Right  Rev.  Levi  Silliman  Ives,  S.T.D. 

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114  GEORGE    WASHINGTON   DOANE. 

Shortly  after  removing  to  Kew  Jersey,  he  accepted 
the  Rectorship  of  S.  Mary's  Church,  Burhngton,  which 
position  he  hekl  until  his  death. 

In  1837  he  founded  S.  Mary's  Hall,  a  Boarding  and 
Day-school  for  girls;  and  in  1846  he  founded  Burhng- 
ton College,  locating  hotli  Institutions  at  Burlington. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columhia  College,  IS^ew  York,  a.d.  1831, 
and  from  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in 
the  same  year.  The  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  was 
conferred  upon  him  by  S.  John's  College,  Annapolis, 
Maryland,  a.d.  1841. 

Bishop  Doane  died  in  Burlington,  on  the  27th  day 
of  April,  A.D,  1859,  and  was  buried  in  S.  Mary's  Church 
Yard, 

Writings, — Poems,  Sermons,  Addresses,  Lectures, 
Essays,  &c,,  an  indefinite  number.  See  his  "Life  and 
Memoir,"  written  by  his  Son,  The  Bight  Rev.  William 
Croswell  Doane,  S,T,D.,  Bishop  of  Albany,  4  vols.  8vo., 
1860. 


No.  30, 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

JAMES  IIERVEY  OTEY,   S.T.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Tennessee,  was  born  in  Liberty, 
Bedford  County,  Virginia,  on  tbe  27tli  day  of  January, 
A.D.  1800. 

He  graduated  at  The  University  of  JSTorth  Carolina, 
Chapel  Hill,  a.d,  1820,  and  became  a  Tutor  in  his 
Alma-Mater  the  following  Academical  yea:-. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  John's  Church,  Williams- 
boro',  i^orth  Carolina,  on  the  10th  day  of  October, 
A.D.  1825,  by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Stark  Ravenscroft, 
D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  ^Matthew's  Church,  Ilillsboro', 
North  Carolina,  on  the  ITtli  day  of  June,  a.d.  1827,  by 
the  same  Prelate. 

He  removed  to  Tennessee  and  settled  at  Franklin, 
where  for  a  support  he  ojtencd  a  school,  and  officiated 
at  Franklin,  Columbus,  and  Xashville. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  Xew  York,  a.d.  1833. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Tennessee  in  Christ  Church, 
Philadelpliia,  on  the  14th  day  of  January,  a.d.  1834,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  William  White,  D.D.,  assisted  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk,  S.T.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  George  Washington  Doane,  S.T.D. 

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116  JAMES  HERVEY   OTEV. 

For  several  years  he  acted  as  Provisional  Bishop 
for  Mississippi  aiid  Florida,  and  as  Missionary  Bishop 
for  Arkansas,  Louisiana,  and  the  Indian  Territory. 

He  founded  a  school  for  girls  at  Columbia,  Maury 
County,  Tennessee,  which  has  proved  a  valuable  addi- 
tion to  the  work  of  education  in  the  Diocese.  He  was 
one  of  the  original  projectors  of  The  University  of  the 
South,  at  Sewanee,  in  Tennessee. 

Bishop  Otey  died  on  the  23d  day  of  April,  a.d.  1863. 
In  his  early  life  he  had  selected  a  spot  on  one  of  the 
Peaks  of  Otter,  where  he  wished  to  be  buried.  After 
the  consecration  of  S,  John's  Church  and  Church  Yard, 
at  Ashwood,  near  Columbia,  he  deposited  the  remains 
of  his  wife  and  children  there,  and  directed  that  he 
should  be  buried  there  also.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
the  Civil  War  was  raging,  and  his  remains  were  de- 
posited in  a  Marble  Cenotaph  at  Elmwood  Cemetery, 
Memphis,  until  such  time  as  his  directions  could  be 
carried  out.  In  his  Will  he  directed  these  words  to  be 
inscribed  upon  his  monument :  "  First  Bishop  of  The 
Holy  Catholic  Church,  in  Tennessee.  The  Blood  of 
Christ  cleanseth  us  from  all  sin." 

Writings. — 1.  Three  Discourses. — The  Unity  of  The 
Church;  The  Ministry;  The  Apostolical  Succession, 
1852,  8vo.  2.  Charges,  Addresses  to  his  Convention, 
Pastoral  Letters,  &c. 


ISTo.  31. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

JACKSON  KEMPER.  S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Wisconsin,  and  the  first  ISIis- 
sionary  Bishop  in  The  American  Church,  was  born 
in  Pleasant  Valley,  Dutchess  County,  New  York,  on 
the  24th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1789. 

He  graduated  at  Columbia  College,  I^ew  York,  a.d. 
1809,  and  studied  Theology  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
Hobart  and  the  Clergy  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York. 
Upon  the  completion  of  his  Theological  course  of 
study.  Bishop  Moore  being  disabled,  and  Dr.  Hobart 
not  yet  consecrated,  he  proceeded  to  rhila(k'li)liia  for 
Ordination. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  rhila(k'l[)liia,  on 
the  10th  day  of  ^farch,  a.d.  1811,  by  The  Right  liev. 
William  Wiiite,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church,  on  the  23d 
day  of  January,  a.d.  1814,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

In  May,  1811,  he  became  an  Assistant  Minister  of 
the  United  Parishes  of  Christ  Church,  S.  Peter's,  and 
S.  James',  Philadelphia,  which  position  he  held  for 
twenty  years. 

In  1812  he  made  an  extended  missionary  tour 
through  the  Western  part  of  Pennsylvania,  touching 

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118  JACKSON  KEMPER. 

at  different  points  on  tlie  borders  of  Ohio.  In  1814 
he  repeated  the  journey  at  the  request  of  Bishop 
White,  and  made  very  full  reports,  which  were  of 
great  value.  In  1819-20  he  made  an  extensive  jour- 
ney for  the  purpose  of  raising  money  for  the  General 
Theological  Seminary. 

He  was  the  Secretary  of  the  Diocese  of  Pennsyl- 
vania from  1811  until  1818. 

In  1831  he  removed  to  Connecticut,  and  became  the 
Rector  of  S.  Paul's  Church,  Norwalk,  where  he  re- 
mained until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

Consecrated  as  Missionary  Bishop  for  Missouri  and 
Indiana  in  S.  Peter's  Church,  Philadelphia,  on  the 
25th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1835,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Williani  White,  D.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Richard  Channing  I^Ioore,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Phi- 
lander Chase,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Ustick 
Onderdonk,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Tred- 
well  Onderdonk,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin 
Bosworth  Smith,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  George 
Washington  Doane,  S.T.D. 

(This  was  the  twenty-sixth  and  last  Bishop  conse- 
crated by  Bishop  White.) 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1829, 
and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  The  University  of 
Cambridge,  England,  a.d.  1867. 

After  several  years  of  labor  in  Missouri  and  Indiana, 
his  jurisdiction  was  extended  to  the  territory  now  em- 
braced by  the  States  of  Kansas,  ISTebraska,  Iowa,  Min- 
nesota, and  Wisconsin.  He  lived  to  see  them  all  with 
Bishops  of  their  own,  and  in  nearly  every  case  pre- 


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sided  at  the  Convention  in  wliiili  each  new  Diocese 
was  organized. 

In  1837-8  he  made  an  extended  tour  through  the 
Missionary  jurisdiction  of  the  South,  visiting  Arkansas, 
^lississippi,  Louisiana,  Alabama,  Georgia,  and  Fk^rida. 
This  region  was  at  that  time  under  the  care  of  Bisliop 
Otey,  who,  disabled  by  sickness,  invited  Bishop  Kem- 
per to  make  the  visitation  in  his  place. 

Li  1838  Bishop  Kemper  was  elected  Bishop  of 
Maryland,  but  declined. 

In  1847  AYisconsin  was  organized  into  a  Diocese, 
and  at  the  Primary  Council,  Bishop  Kemper  was  elected 
Diocesan,  but  declined.  In  1859  he  was  again  elected 
Bishop  of  Wisconsin,  which  election  he  accepted,  and, 
at  the  meeting  of  the  General  Convention  in  that 
year,  he  resigned  his  position  as  Missionary  Bishop, 
which  he  had  held  twenty-four  years. 

Bisliop  Kemper  died  at  his  own  home,  in  Delaiield, 
Wisconsin,  on  the  24th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1870,  and 
was  buried  in  the  Cemetery  on  the  grounds  belonging 
to  The  Theological  Seminary  of  Nashotah. 

Writings. — A  few  pamphlets,  occasional  Sermons, 
Episcopal  Addresses,  Pastoral  Letters,  &c. 


No.  33. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

SAMUEL  ALLEN  McCOSKRY,  S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

The  first  Bisliop  of  Micliigan,  was  born  in  Carlisle, 
Pennsylvania,  on  the  9tli  day  of  November,  a.d.  1804. 

In  1820  he  entered  as  a  Cadet  in  the  United  States 
Military  Academy  at  West  Point,  where  he  remained 
two  years.  He  resigned,  and  entered  Dickinson  Col- 
lege, Carlisle,  where  he  graduated,  a,d.  1825. 

He  studied  law,  was  admitted  to  the  Bar,  and  prac- 
tised in  Carlisle  for  six  years.  For  two  years  he  was 
Deputy  Attorney  General  for  Cumberland  County, 
Pennsylvania. 

In  1831  he  abandoned  his  Profession,  and  studied 
Theology,  preparatory  to  taking  Orders. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  Reading,  Penn- 
sylvania, on  the  28th  day  of  March,  a.d.  1833,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  H.  U.  Onderdonk,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church,  on  the  13th 
day  of  December,  a.d.  1833,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  remained  at  Reading  but  a  little  more  than  one 
year,  when  he  removed  to  Philadelphia  and  became 
the  Rector  of  S.  Paul's  Church,  where  he  remained 
until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Michigan  in  S.  Paul's  Church, 
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SAMUEL   ALLEN  McVOSKRV.  \H 

Philadelphia,  on  the  7th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1830,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk,  S.T.D.,  assisted 
by  The  Right  Rev.  George  AVashington  Doane,  S.T.D., 
and  The  Right  Rev.  Jackson  Kemper,  S.T.D. 

Note. — Bishop  AATiite  had  taken  order  for  the  Con- 
secration of  Mr.  McCoskry  on  the  5th  of  July,  but  on 
that  day  he  was  too  ill  to  leave  his  house,  and  a  post- 
ponement was  necessary.  He  gave  authority  to  Bishop 
Onderdonk  to  act  in  his  place,  and  the  Consecration 
took  place  on  the  7th.     Bishop  Wliite  died  on  the  17th. 

On  his  removal  to  Michigan  he  settled  in  Detroit, 
and  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Paul's  Church,  which 
position  he  held  for  twenty-seven  years. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  and  that  of  Doctor  of 
Di^nnity  from  The  University  of  Pennsylvania,  a.d. 
1837.  The  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Canon  Law  was 
conferred  upon  him  by  the  University  of  Oxford,  a.d. 
1852. 

Bishop  McCoskry  resigned  his  jurisdiction  in  March, 
1878,  owing  to  failing  health  and  infirmities  of  age, 
which  hindered  his  efficient  administration  of  the 
affairs  of  the  Diocese. 

Writings. — A  few  occasional  Sermons,  Addresses 
to  his  Convention,  &c. 


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No.  33. 

THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

LEONIDAS  POLK,  S.T.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Louisiana,  was  born  in  Raleigh, 
North  Carolina,  oti  the  10th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1806. 

He  graduated  at  the  United  States  Military  Acad- 
emy, West  Point,  a.d.  1827. 

Wliile  at  West  Point,  he  was  Baptized  by  The  Rev. 
Charles  P.  Mcllvaine,  and  shortly  after  his  graduation, 
he  was  Confirmed  in  Christ  Church,  Raleigh,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  John  Stark  Ravenscroft,  D.D. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond, Virginia,  on  the  11th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1830, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  D.D. 

He  was  the  Assistant  Minister  in  The  Monumental 
Church,  (of  which  Bishop  Moore  was  the  Rector,)  for 
a  little  more  than  a  year,  when  his  health  failed,  and 
acting  under  medical  advice  he  resigned  his  position, 
and  went  to  Europe. 

Shortly  after  his  return  he  removed  to  Tennessee, 
where  he  became  canonically  resident  in  December, 
1833.  He  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Peter's  Church, 
Columbia,  which  position  he  held  until  his  elevation  to 
the  Episcopate. 

In  1834  he  was  elected  Deputy  to  the  General  Con- 
122 


LEONID  AS  POLK.  123 

vention  from  Tennessee,  and  in  1835  a  member  of  tlie 
Standing  Committee  of  the  ])iocese. 

There  is  no  record  of  his  Ordination  to  the  Priest- 
hood, but  it  is  supposed  to  liave  taken  place  in  the 
Autumn  of  1833. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  Arkansas  and  the 
Indian  Territory  south  of  36°  30',  with  Provisional 
Charge  of  Alabama,  Mississipjti,  and  the  Republic  of 
Texas,  in  Christ  Church,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  on  the  9th 
day  of  December,  a.d.  1838,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Wil- 
liam ^feade,  D.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Benja- 
min Bosworth  Smith,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Charles 
Pettit  McHvaine,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  James 
Hervey  Otey,  S.T.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d,  1838. 

In  1841  he  was  elected  Bishop  of  Louisiana,  which 
he  accepted,  and  resigned  his  missionary  jurisdiction. 

During  the  Civil  War,  he  was  appointed  Major- 
General  in  the  Confederate  Forces.  While  on  duty 
near  ^farietta,  Georgia,  he  was  wounded  by  a  shot  from 
a  cannon,  and  died  on  the  14th  day  of  June,  a.d.  18G4. 


No.  34. 

THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

WILLIAM  IIEATHCOTE  DE  LANCEY,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  D.C.L. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Western  ^ew  York,  was  born  in 
Mamaroneck,  Westchester  County,  New  York,  on  the 
8th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1797. 

He  graduated  at  Yale  College,  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, A.D.  1817,  and  studied  Theology  under  the 
immediate  direction  of  Bishop  Hobart. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  John's  Chapel,  New  York, 
on  the  28th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1819,  by  The  Right 
Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Trinity  Church,  l^ew  York,  on 
the  6th  day  of  March,  a.d.  1822,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

Immediately  after  his  Ordination  to  the  Priesthood 
he  removed  to  Philadelphia,  and  became  the  Assistant 
to  Bishop  White,  who,  at  that  time,  was  the  Rector  of 
Christ,  S.  Peter's  and  S.  James'  Churches. 

The  following  year  he  was  elected  Assistant  Min- 
ister at  S.  Peter's  Church. 

He  was  Secretary  of  the  Diocesan  Convention  of 
Pennsylvania  from  1823  until  1830,  and  was  also  Sec- 
retary of  the  House  of  Bishops  from  1823  until  1829. 

In  1828  he  was  chosen  Provost  of  The  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  which  position  he  held  for  five  years. 

124 


WILLIAM  JIEATIICOTE  DE  LANCEV.  1  25 

III  1833  lie  returned  as  Assistant  Minister  at  S. 
Peter's  Church,  and  upon  tlie  deatli  of  Bishop  Wliitc 
(1836)  lie  became  the  l\ector. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Western  New  York  in  S. 
Peter's  Church,  Auburn,  New  York,  on  the  0th  day 
of  May,  A.D.  1839,  by  The  liight  Rev.  Alexander  Viets 
Griswold,  S.T.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Henry 
Ustick  Onderdonk,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Benja- 
min Tredwell  Onderdonk,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev. 
George  Washington  Doane,  S.T.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Yale  College,  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
A.D.  1828,  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  Union  College, 
Schenectady,  New  York,  a.d.  1847,  and  that  of  Doctor 
of  Canon  Law  from  The  University  of  Oxford,  Eng- 
land, A.D.  1852. 

After  his  Consecration  he  removed  to  Geneva,  New 
York,  the  seat  of  Geneva  (now  Hobart)  College,  where 
he  remained  during  the  rest  of  his  life. 

Bishop  De  Lancey  died  at  Geneva,  New  York,  on  the 
5th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1865. 

Writings. — Occasional  Sermons,  Addresses  to  his 
Convention  and  some  Charsres. 


11* 


?^o.   35. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

CHRISTOPHER  EDWARDS  GADSDEN,   D.D. 

The  third  Bishop  of  South  Carolina,  was  born  in 
Charleston,  South  .Carolina,  on  the  25th  day  of  No- 
vember, A.D.  1785. 

He  graduated  at  Yale  College,  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, A.D.  1804. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Paul's  Chapel,  New  York,  on 
the  25th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1807,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Benjamin  Moore,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Bruton  Parish  Church,  "Williams- 
burg, Virginia,  on  the  14th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1810,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  James  Madison,  D.D. 

He  became  the  Rector  of  the  Parish  of  S.  John's, 
Berkeley,  South  Carolina,  where  he  remained  for  two 
years,  when  he  was  chosen  as  the  Assistant  Minister  of 
S.  Philip's  Church,  Charleston.  Li  1814  he  became  the 
Rector  of  S.  Philip's  Church,  which  position  he  held 
until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
South  Carolina  College,  a.d.  1815. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  South  Carolina  in  Trinity 
Church,  Boston,  Massachusetts,  on  the  21st  day  of  June, 
A.D.  1840,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Alexander  Viets  Griswold, 

126 


CHRISTOPHER  EDWARDS  GADSDEN.  127 

S.T.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  George  Washing- 
ton Doane,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Riglit  Rev.  Samuel  Alien 
McCoskry,  S.T.D. 

Bishop  Gadsden  died  in  Charleston  on  the  24th  day 
of  June,  A.I).  1852,  and  was  buried  in  the  Chancel  of 
S.  Philip's  Church. 

Writings. — 1.  A  Sermon  on  the  death  of  Bishop 
Dchon,  1833.  2.  An  Essay  on  the  life  of  Bishop  De- 
hon,  1833.  3.  A  Tract,  "  The  Prayer  Book  as  it  is." 
4.  Three  Charges  to  his  Clergy. 


No.  3G. 
THE   RIGHT   EEVEREND 

WILLIAM  ROLLINSON  WHITTINGHAM,  S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

The  fourth  Bishop  of  Maryland,  was  born  in  the  City 
of  'New  York  on  the  2d  day  of  December,  a.d.  1805. 

He  graduated  at  The  General  Theological  Seminary, 
New  York,  a.d.  1825. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  on 
the  11th  day  of  March,  a.d.  1827,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Mark's  Church,  Orange,  New 
Jersey,  on  the  17tli  day  of  December,  a.d.  1829,  by 
The  Right  Rev,  John  Croes,  D.D.  He  was  Instituted 
Rector  of  S.  Mark's  Church,  on  the  following  day,  by 
the  same  Prelate. 

In  1831  he  became  Rector  of  S.  Luke's  Church,  New 
York.  In  1835  Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  History  in 
The  General  Theological  Seminary,  which  position  he 
held  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1837. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Maryland  in  S.  Paul's  Church, 
Baltimore,  on  the  17th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1840,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Alexander  Viets  Griswold,  S.T.D.,  as- 
sisted by  The  Right  Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore, 
128 


WILLIAM  JiOLLINSON    WHITTINGlfAM.  129 

D.D.,  Tlie  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Tredwcll  Onderdonk, 
S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  George  Washington  Doane, 
S.T.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  S. 
John's  College,  Annapolis,  Maryland,  a.d.  1859,  and 
from  The  University  of  Cambridge,  England,  a.d.  18G7. 

Wkitings. — He  was  the  Editor  of  The  Family  Vis- 
itor, Children's  Magazine,  and  The  Churchman.  .  He 
also  edited  A  Parish  Library  of  Standard  Works  (13 
vols.),  with  Prefaces,  Notes,  &c. ;  An  Edition  of  Pal- 
mer's Church  History,  1862, 12mo.  Li  1829  he  edited, 
in  company  with  The  Rev.  J.  F.  Schroeder,  D.D.,  and 
others,  a  series  of  Essays  and  Dissertations  in  Biblical 
Literature,  1  vol.  8vo.  In  company  with  The  Rev.  S. 
H.  Turner,  D.D.,  he  edited  an  Introduction  to  The  Old 
Testament,  translated  from  the  Latin  and  German 
works  of  John  Jahn,  Ph.D. 


M^o.  37". 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

STEPHEN  ELLIOTT,  Jr.,  S.T.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Georgia,  was  born  in  Beaufort, 
South  Carolina,  on  the  Slst  day  of  August,  a.d,  1806. 

He  spent  two  years  at  Harvard  College,  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  and  the  remainder  of  his  collegiate 
course  at  South  Carolina  College,  where  he  graduated, 
A.D.  1825. 

He  studied  Law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar,  a.d. 
1827.  After  five  years'  practice,  he  abandoned  the 
Profession,  and  began  the  study  of  Theology. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Charleston, 
South  Carolina,  on  the  8th  day  of  November,  a.d.  1835, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Nathaniel  Bowen,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  on  the  22d  day  of  June,  a.d.  18 B8, 
by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  served  for  one  month  while  in  Deacon's  Orders, 
in  Christ  Church,  Wilton,  South  Carolina,  when  he  was 
elected  Professor  of  Sacred  Literature,  and  the  Evi- 
dences of  Christianity,  in  South  Carolina  College,  where 
he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Georgia  in  Christ  Church, 
Savannah,  on  the  28th  day  of  February,  a.d.  1841,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  William  Meade,  D.D.,  assisted  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Levi  Silliman  Ives,  S.T.D. ,  LL.D,,  and 
The  Right  Rev.  Christopher  Edwards  Gadsden,  D.D. 

130 


STEPHEN  ELLIOTT,  JR.  \^\ 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  and  from 
Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Connecticut,  a.d.  1840. 

Upon  his  removal  to  Georgia,  he  settled  at  Savannah, 
and  became  the  Rector  of  S.  John's  Church.  In  1845 
he  was  made  Provisional  Bishop  of  Florida,  and  at  the 
same  time  he  removed  to  Montpelier,  Georgia,  and 
established  a  Seminary  for  young  ladies.  After  seven 
years  of  this  work,  in  which  he  expended  his  whole 
fortune,  he  returned  to  Savannah,  and  became  the 
Rector  of  Christ  Church,  where  he  remained  during 
his  life. 

Bishop  Elliott  died  in  Savannah  on  the  21st  day  of 
December,  a.d.  1866,  and  was  buried  in  the  Old 
Cemetery  at  Savannah. 


No.  38. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

ALFRED  LEE,  S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Delaware,  was  born  in  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  on  the  9th  claj  of  September,  a.d,  1807. 

He  graduated  at  Harvard  College,  a.d.  1827. 

He  studied  Law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in 
New  London,  Connecticut,  where  he  practised  for  two 
years.  He  then  entered  the  General  Theological  Semi- 
nary at  iS^ew  York,  where  he  graduated  a.d.  1837. 

Ordered  Beacon  in  Trinity  Church,  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut, on  the  21st  day  of  May,  a.d.  1837,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Thomas  Church  Brownell,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Christ  Church,  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, on  the  12th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1838,  by  the  same 
Prelate. 

He  officiated  a  few  months  during  the  summer  of 
1838,  in  S.  James'  Church,  Poquetonnack,  Connecticut. 
In  September,  1838,  he  became  the  Rector  of  Calvary 
Church,  Rockdale,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  remained 
until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Delaware  in  S.  Paul's  Chapel, 

New  York,  on  the  12th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1841,  by 

The  Right  Rev.    Alexander  Viets  Griswold,   S.T.D. , 

assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore, 

132 


ALFRED   LEE.  I33 

D.D.,  Tlie  Riglit  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  S.T.D.,  The 
Kiglit  Rev.  fliomas  Church  Browiiell,  S.T.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk,  S.T.D. ;  The 
Right  Rev.  William  Meade,  D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev. 
Charles  Pettit  McRvaine,  S.T.D. 

Upon  his  removal  to  Delaware,  he  settled  at  Wil- 
mington, and  in  October,  1842,  he-  became  the  Rector 
of  S.  Andrew's  Church,  which  i)Osition  (1878)  he  still 
holds. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Connecticut,  a.d. 
1841,  and  from  Ilobart  College,  Geneva,  New  York,  in 
the  same  year.  In  1860  he  received  the  same  Degree 
from  Harvard  College,  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  and 
in  1877  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  Delaware  College, 
Newark,  Delaware. 

Writings. — ^Books  :  1.  Life  of  S.  Peter.  2.  Life  of 
S.  John.     3.  Voice  in  the  Wilderness. 

Charges. — 1.  Right  and  Responsibility  of  Private 
Judgment.  2.  The  One  Mediator.  3.  Requisites  of  a 
Successful  Ministry.  4.  The  Faithful  and  Wise  Ser- 
vant.    5.  Duties  of  the  Minister. 

Sermons. — 1.  A  Life  hid  with  Christ  in  God.  2. 
Ordination  Sermon — 1  Tim.  iv.  16.  3.  Unsearchable 
Riches  of  Chi'ist.  4.  Uncertainty  of  the  Morrow.  5. 
The  Society  of  Divine  Origin.  6.  The  Lamb  the 
Light  of  His  Church.  7.  The  Voice  of  the  Spirit  to 
His  Church.  8.  Sermon  before  the  General  Con- 
vention, A.D.  1868. 

Several  Addi'esses,  Sermons,  Pastoral  Letters,  &c. 

12 


No.  39. 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

JOHN   JOHNS,   S.T.D. 

The  fourtli  Bishop  of  Virginia,  was  born  in  New- 
Castle,  Delaware,  on  the  10th  day  of  July,  a,d.  1796. 

He  graduated  at  The  College  of  New  Jersey,  Prince- 
ton, A.D.  1815. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  James'  Church,  Philadelphia, 
on  the  6th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1819,  by  The  Eight  Eev. 
William  White,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  All  Saints'  Church,  Frederick- 
Town,  Maryland,  on  the  26th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1820, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  James  Kemp,  D.D. 

He  remained  in  Frederick-Town,  in  the  Rectorship 
of  All  Saints'  Church,  eight  years,  after  which  he  re- 
moved to  Baltimore  and  became  the  Rector  of  Christ 
Church,  which  position  he  held  until  his  elevation  to 
the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  The  College  of  New  Jersey,  and  that'  of 
Doctor  in  Divinity  from  The  University  of  New  York, 
A.D.  1834,  and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  The  Col- 
lege of  William  and  Mary,  a.d.  1855. 

Consecrated  Assistant  Bishop  of  Virginia  in  Monu- 
mental Church,  Richmond,  on  the  13th  day  of  October, 
134 


JOHN  JOHNS.  135 

A.D.  1842,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Alexander  Viets  Gris- 
Avokl,  S.T.D.,  assisted  by  The  Riglit  Rev.  William 
Meade,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Levi  Silliman  Ives, 
S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  William  Rollin- 
8on  Whittingham,  S.T.D. 

In  1844  he  became  the  President  of  The  College  of 
William  and  Mary,  which  position  he  held  five  years. 
He  was  also  the  President  of  The  Theological  Semi- 
nary of  Virginia  for  some  years. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  Meade  in  1862,  he  became 
the  Bishop  of  Virginia. 

Bishop  Johns  died  on  the  5th  day  of  April,  a.d. 
1876. 

Writings. — A  few  Sermons  preached  on  special  oc- 
casions, Episcopal  Addresses,  Pastoral  Letters,  &c.  He 
preached  the  sermon  before  the  General  Convention 
at  Baltimore,  a.d.  1871. 


THE    RIGHT  REVEREND 

MANTON   EASTBURN,   S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

The  tliird  Bishop  of  Massachusetts,  was  horn  in  Leeds, 
England,  on  the  9th  day  of  February,  a.d.  1801. 

He  came  to  the  United  States  with  his  father,  and 
in  his  thirteenth  year  entered  Columbia  College,  New 
York,  where  he  graduated,  a.d,  1817.  He  also  grad- 
uated at  The  General  Theological  Seminary,  New 
York,  A.D.  1821. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  John's  Chapel,  New  York,  on 
the  16th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1822,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Christ  Church,  New  York,  on 
the  13th  day  of  November,  a.d.  1825,  by  the  same  Pre- 
late. 

For  five  years  he  was  the  Assistant  Minister  at 
Christ  Church,  New  York.  In  1827  he  became  the 
Rector  of  The  Church  of  The  Ascension,  in  the  same 
city,  where  he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the  Epis- 
copate. 

In  1838  he  was  elected  to  the  Episcopate  of  Mary- 
land, which  he  declined. 

Consecrated  Bishop-Coadjutor  to  Bishop  Griswold 
in  Trinity  Church,  Boston,  on  the  29th  day  of  Decem- 
136 


M ANTON  EASTS  URN.  I37 

ber,  A.D.  1842,  by  The  Kiglit  Eev.  Alexander  Viets 
Griswold,  S.T.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas 
Church  Brownell,  S.T.D.,  The  Kight  Kev.  JJenjaniin 
Tredwell  Onderdonk,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right'  Rev. 
William  Heatheote  De  Lancey,  S.T.D. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  Griswold,  he  became  the 
Bishop  of  Massachusetts. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1835, 
and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  The  University  of 
Cambridge,  England,  a.d.  1867. 

Writings. — 1.  Four  Lectures  on  Hebrew,  Latin  and 
English  Poetry,  a.d.  1825.  2.  A  portion  of  a  volume 
of  Essays  and  Dissertations  on  Biblical  Literature, 
1829.  3.  Lectures  on  the  Philippians,  1  vol.  8vo., 
1833.  4.  Oration  at  the  semi-centennial  of  Columbia 
College,  1837.  5.  Sermons,  Charges,  and  Addresses. 
6.  Lectures  before  various  Literary  Societies.  7. 
Edited  Thornton's  Family  Prayers.  8.  Sermon  on 
the  death  of  Daniel  Webster. 

Bishop  Eastburn  died  in  Boston  on  the  12th  day  of 
September,  a.d.  1872,  and  was  buried  at  Dedham,  Mas- 
sachusetts. 


No.  <tl. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

JOHN  PRENTISS  KEWLEY  HENSHAW,  D.D. 

The  first  Eisliop  of  Rhode  Island,  was  born  in  Middle- 
town,  Connecticut,  on  the  13th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1702. 

He  graduated  at  Middlebury  College,  Vermont,  a.d. 
1808,  after  which  he  spent  one  year  in  study  at  Har- 
vard College,  Cambridge,  Massachusetts. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Michael's  Church,  Bristol, 
Rhode  Island,  on  the  13th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1813,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Alexander  Yiets  Griswold,  8.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Ann's  Church,  Brooklyn, 
Long  Island,  on  the  13th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1816,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D. 

He  served  as  a  Deacon  in  S.  Ann's  Church,  Brook- 
lyn, and  upon  his  Ordination  to  the  Priesthood  re- 
moved to  Maryland,  where  he  became  the  Rector  of  S. 
Peter's  Church,  Baltimore,  which  position  he  held  for 
seventeen  years. 

He  was  a  Deputy  from  the  Diocese  of  Maryland  to 
the  General  Convention  from  1819  to  1843,  inclusive, 
and  for  several  years  one  of  the  Vice-Presidents  of 
The  Theological  Seminary  of  Virginia. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Rhode  Island  in  S.  John's 
Church,  Providence,  on  the  11th  day  of  August,  a.d. 

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JOHN  PRENTISS  KKWLEV  IlENSHAW.  1:^9 

1843,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Churcli  Brownoll, 
S.T.D.,  assisted  by  Tlie  Right  Rev.  William  Rolliiison 
Whittiiighaiii,  t^.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  John  Johns, 
S.T.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
Middlebury  College,  Vermont,  a.d.  1843. 

Upon  his  removal  to  Rhode  Island  he  became  the 
Rector  of  Grace  Church,  which  position  he  occupied 
during  the  rest  of  his  life. 

Bishop  Heushaw  died  near  Frederick  City,  Mary- 
land, on  the  20th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1852,  and  was 
buried  in  Grace  Church  Cemetery,  Providence,  Rhode 
Island. 

Writings. — 1.  A  pamphlet  on  Confirmation.  2. 
Lectures  on  the  Advent  of  Christ.  3.  Theology  for 
the  People  of  Baltimore,  1840,  8vo. 

He  also  compiled  a  volume  of  Hymns. 


ISTo.  43. 
TUE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

CARLTON  CHASE,  D.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  New  Hampshire,  was  born  in 
Hopkinton,  ISTew  Hampshire,  on  the  20th  clay  of  Feb- 
ruary, A.D.  1794. 

He  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College,  a.d.  1817. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Michael's  Church,  Bristol, 
Rhode  Island,  on  the  9th  day  of  Pecember,  a.d.  1818, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Alexander  Yiets  Griswold,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Trinity  Church,  Newport,  Rhode 
Island,  on  the  27th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1820,  by 
the  same  Prelate. 

He  settled  at  Bellows  Falls,  Vermont,  and  became 
the  Rector  of  Immanuel  Church,  where  he  remained 
until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  New  Hamjjshire  in  Christ 
Church,  Philadelphia,  on  the  20th  day  of  October, 
A.D.  1844,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  S.T.D. , 
assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Church  Brownell, 
D.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Tredwell 
Onderdonk,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Levi  Silliman 
Ives,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin 
Bosworth  Smith,  S.T.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  University  of  Vermont,  a.d.  1839. 

140 


CARLTON   CHASE.  141 

Immediately  after  his  Consecration  he  removed  to 
Claremont,  New  Ilampsliire,  and  l)L-<,"uiie  the  Hector 
of  Trinity  Church,  whicli  position  he  hehl  for  several 
years. 

After  the  suspension  of  Bishop  Onderdonk,  and 
hefore  the  election  of  a  Provisiomd  ])ishop,  he  acted, 
by  invitation,  as  the  Provisional  Bishop  of  New  York, 
making  three  visitations — 1.  From  Dec,  1849,  to 
March,  1850.  2.  From  Dec.  1st,  1850,  to  May  1st, 
1851.     3.  From  Jan.  Ist,  1852,  till  Sept.  20,  1852. 

Bishop  Chase  died  on  the  18th  day  of  January,  a.d. 
1870,  and  was  buried  in  a  new-  Cemetery  at  Claremont, 
New  Hampshire,  which  he  had  interested  himself -in 
locating  and  laying  out, 

Writings. — He  published  nothing  but  his  Conven- 
tion Addresses,  some  single  Sermons,  and  a  few  new-s- 
paper  Articles.  He  left  in  Mss.  a  volume  of  various 
articles,  varying  in  length  from  a  few  lines  to  several 
pages;  one  small  volume  of  Explanations  of  the 
Prayer  Book;  and  some  sixty  or  seventy  Sermons, 
none  of  which  have  yet  been  published.  All  other 
Mss.  he  directed  in  his  will  should  be  destroyed.  In 
Thompson's  "  Gazetteer  of  Vermont"  there  is  an 
article  of  considerable  length  on  the  ITistory  of  the 
Church  in  Yermont,  wdiich  was  written  by  him. 


No.  43. 

THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

NICHOLAS   IIAMNER   COBBS,   S.T.D. 

The  first  Bisliop  of  Alabama,  was  born  in  Bedford 
County,  Virginia,  on  the  5tb  day  of  February,  a.d. 
1796. 

His  education  was  privately  conducted,  and  he  be- 
came a  teacher,  which  occupation  he  coupled  with  his 
pastoral  work  for  several  years. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  Staunton,  Vir- 
ginia, on  the  23d  day  of  May,  a.d.  1824,  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  The  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond, on  the  22d  day  of  May,  a.d.  1825,  by  the  same 
Prelate. 

He  was  engaged  in  pastoral  work  in  his  native 
county  fifteen  years.  In  1839  he  removed  to  Peters- 
burg, Virginia,  and  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Paul's 
Church.  In  1843  he  removed  to  Ohio,  and  became  the 
Rector  of  S.  Paul's  Church,  Cincinnati,  and  in  May, 
1844,  he  was  elected  to  the  Episcopate  of  Alabama. 

In  1828  he  was  elected  a  Deputy  from  the  Diocese 
of  Virginia  to  the   General   Convention,  and  was  re- 
elected to   every  succeeding    Convention   during  his 
residence  in  that  Diocese. 
142 


NICHOLAS  IIAMyER    CO  BUS.  143 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Geneva  (now  ITobart)  College,  a.d.  1842. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Alabama  in  Christ  Church, 
Philadelphia,  on  the  20th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1844, 
by  The  Kight  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  S.T.D.,  assisted 
by  The  Kiglit  Rev.  William  Meade,  D.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  Charles  Pettit  Mcllvaine,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
George  Washington  Doane,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right 
Rev.  James  Ilervey  Otey,  S.T.D. 

Bishop  Cobbs  died  on  the  11th  day  of  January,  a.d. 
1861,  and  was  buried  in  the  public  Cemetery  at  Mont- 
gomery, Alabama.  An  appropriate  monument  was 
erected  by  the  Diocese,  and  a  Tablet  placed  in  S. 
John's  Church,  Montgomery,  of  which  he  was  Rector 
during  several  years  of  his  Episcopate. 

A  still  further  tribute  to  his  memory  is  the  Church 
Home  for  Orphans  in  ^Montgomery,  which  bears  the 
title  of  "  The  Bishop  Cobbs'  Home  for  Orphans." 

Writings.— He  j.ublished  nothing  but  a  few  Ad- 
dresses and  Sermons.  One  Sermon,  "The  Doubting 
Christian  Encouraged,"  went  through  several  editions. 


ISTo.  44. 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

CICERO   STEPHENS   HAWKS. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Missouri,  was  born  in  Newbern, 
I^ortli  Carolina,  on  tlie  26tli  day  of  May,  a.d.  1812. 

He  graduated  at  The  University  of  North  Carolina, 
Chapel  Hill,  a.d.  1830. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Thomas'  Church,  I^Tew  York, 
on  the  8th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1834,  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Benjamin  Tredwell  Onderdonk,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  Ulster,  Ulster 
County,  New  York,  on  the  24th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1836, 
by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  spent  his  Diaconate  in  charge  of  Trinity  Church, 
Ulster,  and  upon  his  Ordination  to  the  Priesthood  he 
removed  to  Saugerties,  and  became  the  Rector  of  Trinity 
Church.  In  1837  he  becamB  the  Rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  Buifalo,  jSTow  York.  In  1843  he  removed  to 
Missouri,  and  became  the  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  St. 
Louis,  where  he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the 
Episcopate. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Missouri  in  Christ  Church, 

Philadelphia,  on  the  20th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1844, 

by  The  Right  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  S.T.D.,  LL.D., 

assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Jackson  Kemper,  S.T.D., 

144 


CICERO  STEPHENS  II A  WKS.  I45 

Tho  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Allen  MeCoskiy,  D.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  Leonidus  Polk,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev. 
AVilliam  Ileathcote  De  Lancey,  S.T.D. 

Bishop  Hawks  died  in  St.  Louis  on  the  19th  day  of 
April,  A.D.  1868,  and  was  huricd  in  Bellefontaine  Ceme- 
tery, Woodland  Hill,  St.  Louis. 


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ZSTo.  45. 

f 

THE    RIGHT   REVEREND 

WILLIAM  JONES  BOONE,   D.D. 

The  first  Missionary  Bishop  to  China,  was  born  in 
Walterborough,  South  Carolina,  on  the  1st  day  of 
July,  A.D.  1811. 

He  graduated  at  The  College  of  South  Carolina,  a.d. 
1829. 

He  studied  Law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Ear,  a.d. 
1833,  but  he  abandoned  the  Profession,  and  proceeded 
to  The  Theological  Seminary  of  Virginia,  where  he 
graduated ;  but,  before  his  Ordination,  with  a  view  of 
being  the  better  qualified  for  his  future  work,  he  took 
up  the  study  of  Medicine  and  received  the  Degree  of 
M.D. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Peter's  Church,  Charleston, 
South  Carolina,  on  the  18th  day  of  September,  a.d. 
1836,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Nathaniel  Bowen,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Michael's  Church,  Charleston, 
on  the  3d  day  of  March,  a.d.  1837,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  was  appointed  Missionary  to  China,  and  sailed 
from  New  York  on  the  8th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1837. 

In  1844  he  was  elected  by  both  Houses  of  the  Gen- 
eral Convention  Missionary  Bishop, 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  to  China  in  S.  Peter's 

146 


WILLIAM  JONES  BOONE.  I47 

Church,  rhihidelphia,  on  the  25th  day  of  October,  a.d. 
1844,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  S.T.D., 
LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  George  Washing- 
ton Doane,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  James  Hervey 
Otey,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Jolin  Prentiss  Kcw- 
ley  llenshavv,  D.D. 

He  sailed  again  from  New  York  on  the  14tli  day  of 
December,  a.d.  1844,  and  for  twenty  years  he  minis- 
tered in  that  distant  Held. 

Bishop  Boone  died  at  Shanghai,  in  China,  on  the  17th 
day  of  July,  a.d.  1864. 

AVritings. — His  published  writings  were  mainly 
connected  with  the  discussions  growing  out  of  the 
translation  of  The  Holy  Scriptures  into  the  Chinese 
Language. 


No.  46. 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

GEORGE   WASHINGTON   FREEMAN,  D.D. 

Missionary  Bishop  of  Arkansas  and  The  Indian  Ter- 
ritory south  of  S6^  degrees,  with  supervision  of  The 
Church  in  Texas,  was  born  in  Sandwich,  Massachusetts, 
on  the  13th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1789. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  Raleigh,  North 
Carolina,  on  the  8th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1826,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  John  Stark  Ravenscroft,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Christ  Church,  Newbern,  North 
Carolina,  on  the  20th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1827,  by  the 
same  Prelate. 

For  two  years  he  was  a  Missionary  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Bishop  of  North  Carolina, 

In  1829  he  became  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Raleigh, 
where  he  remained  until  1840,  when  he  removed  to 
Columbia,  Tennessee,  where  he  officiated  about  one 
year,  when  he  removed  to  Swedesborough,  New 
Jersey.  He  remained  there  nearly  six  months,  when 
he  removed  to  New-Castle,  Delaware,  where  he  became 
the  Rector  of  Immanuel  Church. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  Arkansas  and 
The  Indian  Territory  in  S.  Peter's  Church,  Philadel- 
phia, on  the  26th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1844,  by  The 
148 


QEOROE    WASHINGTON  FREEMAN.  149 

Rio:ht  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  S.T.D.,  assisted  by  The 
Kiiiht  Rev.  George  Washington  Doane,  S.T.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  James  Hervey  Otey,  S.T.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  J.  P.  K.  Henshaw,  D.D.,  The  Riglit  Rev.  Leoni- 
das  Polk,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  W.  R.  Whittinghani,  S.T.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  Stephen  Elliott,  D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Johns,  S.T.D. 

He  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  University  of  North  Carolina,  a.d.  1839. 

Bishop  Freeman  died  at  Little  Rock,  Arkansas,  on 
the  29th  day  of  April,  a.d.*18o8. 


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ISTo.  47. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

HORATIO   SOUTHGATE,  S.T.D. 

Missionary  Bishop  in  the  Dominions  and  Dependencies 
of  the  Sultan  of  Turkey,  was  born  in  Portland,  Maine, 
on  the  5th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1812. 

He  graduated  at  Bowdoin  College,  Brunswick,  Maine, 
A.D,  1832,  and  entered  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the 
Congregationalists  at  Andover,  Massachusetts.  During 
his  study  of  Church  History  he  was  led  to  examine  the 
claims  of  the  Church,  and,  having  accepted  them, 
applied  to  Bishop  Griswold  for  Holy  Orders,  and  was 
Confirmed  by  him  in  S.  Peter's  Church,  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts, on  the  26th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1834. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  Boston,  on  the 
12th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1835,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Alex- 
ander Viets  Griswold,  S.T.D. 

He  was  shortly  afterwards  appointed  by  the  Com- 
mittee of  Foreign  Missions  to  investigate  the  state  of 
Mohammedanism  in  Turkey  and  Persia.  He  accord- 
ingly sailed  from  New  York  on  the  24th  day  of  April, 
A.D.  1836,  and  continued  his  investigation  until  the 
Autumn  of  1838. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Paul's  Chapel,  New  York,  on 
the  3d  day  of  October,  a.d.  1839,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Benjamin  Tredwell  Onderdonk,  S.T.D. 
150 


HORATIO  SOVTHQATE.  151 

111  May,  a.d:  1840,  he  sailed  from  New  York  as  Mis- 
sionary to  Constantinople,  under  the  appointment  of 
the  Committee  of  Foreign  Missions.  This  position 
lie  hekl  four  years,  during  whieh  time  he  made  a  tour 
through  Mesopotamia. 

Conseerated  Bishop  for  The  Dominions  and  Depend- 
encies of  The  Sultan  of  Turkey  in  S.  Peter's  Church, 
riiiladelphia,  on  the  26th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1844, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  S.T.D.,  LL.D., 
assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  "VVm.  Rollinson  Whitting- 
ham,  S.T.D.,  The  R^ight  Rev.  Stephen  Elliott,  Jr.,  D.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  John  Johns,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Prentiss  Kewley  Henshaw,  D.D. 

In  the  summer  of  the  next  year  (1845)  he  returned 
to  Constantinople,  where  he  remained  until  1849,  when 
he  returned  to  the  United  States  and  offered  his  resis:- 
nation,  which  was  accepted  by  The  House  of  Bishops, 
in  October,  a.d.  1850. 

In  the  spring  of  1851  he  went  to  Portland,  Maine, 
where  he  organized  S.  Luke's  Parish,  which  has  since 
become  the  Cathedral  Church  of  the  Diocese. 

In  1852  he  became  the  Rector  of  The  Church  of  The 
Advent,  Boston,  where  he  remained  a  little  more  than 
six  years. 

In  the  autumn  of  1859  he  became  the  Rector  of  Ziou 
Church,  New  York,  which  position  he  resigned  Sept. 
1,  1872. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1845, 
and  from  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Connecticut,  a.d. 
1846. 

Writings. — 1.  A  Tour  through  Armenia,  Kurdistan, 


152  HORATIO  SOUTHGATE. 

and  Mesopotamia,  2  vols.  12mo.  2.  A  Visit  to  the 
Syrian  Church  of  Mesopotamia,  1  vol.  12mo.,  1844. 
3.  A  treatise  on  the  Antiquity,  Doctrine,  Ministry 
and  Worship  of  the  Anglican  Church,  1  vol.  12mo., 
published  in  Greek,  at  Constantinople,  a.d.  1849.  4. 
Practical  Directions  for  the  Observance  of  Lent,  32mo., 
1850.  5.  The  War  in  the  East,  1  vol.  18mo.,  1855.  6. 
Parochial  Sermons,  1  vol.  12mo.,  1860.  7.  The  Cross 
above  the  Crescent,  1  vol.  12mo.,  1877.  Also  several 
occasional  Sermons,  Pamphlets,  and  Articles  in  various 
Reviews. 


No.  48. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

ALONZO  POTTER,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

The  third  Bishop  of  Pennsylvania,  was  horn  in  Bcok- 
nian,  (now  Lagrange,)  Dutchess  County,  New  York, 
on  the  6th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1800. 

He  graduated  at  Union  College,  Schenectady,  New 
York,  A.D.  1818,  and  in  the  following  year  he  became 
a  Tutor  in  the  same  College.  In  1821  he  was  made 
Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy. 

Ordered  Deacon  on  the  1st  day  of  May,  a.d.  1822, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Sharon,  Con- 
necticut, on  the  16th  day  of  September,  a.d.  -1824,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Church  Brownell,  S.T.D., 
acting  for  the  Bishop  of  New  York. 

In  1826  he  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Paul's  Church, 
Boston,  which  position  he  held  for  five  years.  In  1831 
he  was  elected  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy  in  Union 
College,  and  returned  to  Schenectady,  where  he  re- 
mained until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
Kenyon  College,  Gambler,  Ohio,  a.d.  1834,  and  fi-om 
Harvard  College,  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  a.d.  1843, 
and  thai  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  Union  College,  a.d. 
1846. 

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154  ALONZO   POTTER. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  PeniiBylvania  in  Christ 
Church,  Philadelphia,  on  the  23d  day  of  September, 
A.D.  1845,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  S.T.D., 
LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hop- 
kins, D  D.,  The  Right  Rev.  George  Washington  Doane, 
S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Wm.  Rollinson  Whittingham, 
S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D. 

Bishop  Potter  died  on  ship-board,  in  the  harbor  of 
San  Francisco,  California,  on  the  4th  day  of  July,  a.d. 
1865.  He  was  buried  in  Laurel  Hill  Cemetery,  Phila- 
delphia. 

Writings. — 1.  Political  Economy.  2.  Potter's  Hand- 
Book  for  Readers.  3.  The  Principles  of  Science  ap- 
plied to  the  Arts.  4.  The  School  and  the  School-master. 
(In  connection  with  Geo.  B.  Emerson.)  5.  The  Three 
Witnesses. — A  volume  of  Lowell  Lectures  published 
after  his  death. — 6.  Sermons,  Addresses,  Charges, 
Pastoral  Letters,  &c.  He  also  edited  "  The  Memorial 
Papers,"  and  a  volume  of  Sermons  on  "  The  Evidences 
of  Christianity." 


No.  40. 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

GEORGE  BURGESS,  S.T.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Maine,  was  born  in  Providence, 
lihode  Island,  on  the  31st  day  of  October,  a.d.  1809. 

He  graduated  at  Brown  University,  Providence,  a.d, 
1826. 

After  a  brief  Tutorship  in  that  University,  he  went 
abroad,  and  studied  for  two  years  in  the  Universities 
of  Bonn,  Gottingen,  and  BerHn. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Grace  Church,  Providence,  on 
the  10th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1834,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Alexander  Viets  Griswold,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Christ  Church,  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut on  the  2d  day  of  Novenil)er,  a.d,  1834,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Church  Brownell,  S.T.D. 

Immediately  upon  his  ordination  to  the  Priesthood 
he  became  the  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Hartford, 
where  he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episco- 
pate. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Maine  in  Christ  Church, 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  on  the  31st  day  of  October, 
a.d.  1847,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  S.T.D., 
LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Church 
Brownell,  S.T.D,,  The  Riglit  Rev.  Manton  Eastburn, 

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156  GEORGE  BURGESS. 

S.T.D.,  The  Riglit  Rev.  Jolin  Prentiss  Kewley  Hen- 
shaw,  D.J).,  and  The  Riglit  Rev.  Carlton  Chase,  D.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Brown  University,  and  that  of  Doctor  in 
Divinity  from  Union  College,  Schenectady,  New  York, 
A.J).  1847. 

Upon  his  removal  to  Maine,  he  settled  at  Gardiner, 
and  became  the  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  which  posi- 
tion he  held  during  the  rest  of  his  life. 

Bishop  Burgess  died  at  sea,  near  Haiti,  on  the  23d 
day  of  April,  a.d.  1866,  and  was  buried  at  Gardiner, 
Maine. 

Writings. — 1.  Several  occasional  Sermons.  2,  Two 
Academic  Poems.  3.  The  Book  of  Psalms  in  English 
Verse.  4.  Pages  from  the  Ecclesiastical  History  of 
l!^ew  England.  5.  The  last  Enemy  Conquering,  and 
Conquered.     6.  Sermons  on  the  Christian  Life. 


No.  50. 
THE    RIGHT   REVEREND 

GEORGE   UPFOLD,   S.T.D.,   LL.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Indiana,  was  born  in  Shemley 
Green,  near  Guilford,  Surrey,  England,  on  the  7th  day 
of  May,  A.D.  1796.  ^Vhen  he  was  eight  3'ears  of  age, 
his  father  brought  him  to  the  United  States,  and  settled 
in  Albany,  jSTew  York. 

He  graduated  at  Union  College,  Schenectady,  New 
York,  A.D.  1814,  and  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  in  New  York  City  he  received  his  degree  of 
M.D.  in  1816.  In  1817  he  took  up  the  study  of  The- 
ology, under  the  direction  of  Bishop  Hobart. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  on 
the  21st  day  of  October,  a.d.  1818,  by  The  Eight  Rev. 
John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Trinity  Church,  Lansingburg, 
New  York,  on  the  13th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1820,  by  the 
same  Prelate. 

He  remained  at  Lansingburg  about  two  years,  when 
he  removed  to  New  York  City  and  became  the  Rector 
of  S.  Luke's  Church,  which  position  he  held  eight 
years,  when  he  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Thomas' 
Church  in  the  same  city.  In  1831  he  removed  to 
Pennsylvania,    and    became    the    Rector    of    Trinity 

14  157 


158  GEORGE    UPFOLD. 

Church,  Pittsburg,  which  position  he  occupied  until 
his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Indiana  in  Christ  Church, 
Indianapolis,  on  the  16th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1849, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Bosworth  Smith,  S.T.D., 
assisted  by  The  Right  Rev,  Charles  Pettit  McHvaine, 
S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Jackson  Kemper,  S.T.D.,  and 
The  Right  Rev.  Cicero  Stephen  Hawks,  D.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  ]S[ew  York,  a.d.  1831,  and 
that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  The  Western  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  a.d.  1856. 

Bishop  Upfold  died  at  Indianapolis  on  the  26th  day 
of  August,  A.D.  1872,  and  was  buried  in  the  public 
Cemetery. 

Wkitings. — 1.  "  The  Last  Hundred  Years,"  a  Lec- 
ture, 1845.  2.  Manual  of  Devotions  for  Domestic  and 
Private  Use,  1863.  3.  Sermons,  Pastoral  Letters,  and 
Addresses  to  his  Convention. 


Nt>.  51. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

WILLIAM   MERCER  GREEN,   D.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  MississippS  was  born  in  Wilming- 
tou,  North  Carolina,  on  the  2(1  day  of  May,  a.d.  1798. 
He  graduated  at  The  University  of  Nortli  Carohna, 
Chapel  Hill,  A.D.  1818. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  Ealeigh,  i^orth 
Carolina,  on  the  29th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1821,  by  The 
Rio-ht   Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  James'  Church,  Wilmington, 
North  Carolina,  on  the  20th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1823,  by 
the  same  Prelate. 

He  was  Rector  of  S.  John's  Church,  Williamsboro  , 
North  Carolina,  four  years.  He  then  removed  to  Hills- 
boro',  and  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Matthew's  Church, 
where  he  remained  until  1837,  when  he  was  made  Pro- 
fessor of  Bclles-Lettres  and  Rhetoric  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  North  Carolina,  Chapel  Hill,  which  position  he 
occupied  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  University  of  Pennsylvania,  a.d.  1845. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Mississippi  in  S.  Andrew's 
Church,  Jackson,  Mississippi,  on  the  24th  day  of  Feb- 
Tuaiy,  A.D.  1850,  by  The   Right  Rev.  James   Hervey 

15*7 


1(30  WILLIAM  MERCER  GREEN. 

Otey,  S.T.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Leonidas 
Polk,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Nichohxs  Hamiier  Cobhs, 
D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  George  "Washington  Free- 
man, D.D. 

Writings. — A  Memoir  of  Bishop  Ravenscroft,  and  a 
few  single  Sermons. 


No.  5a. 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

JOHN   PAYNE,   D.D. 

The  first  Missionary  Bishop  sent  to  Africa  from  the 
American  Church,  was  born  in  Westmoreland  County, 
Virginia,  on  the  9th  day  of  January,  a.d.  1815. 

He  graduated  at  The  College  of  William  and  Mary, 
Williamsburg,  Virginia,  a.d.  1833,  and  at  The  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  Virginia,  Alexandria,  a.d.  1836. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  Alexandria,  Vir- 
ginia, on  the  17th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1836,  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  D.D. 

He  sailed  at  once  for  Africa,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  Missionary  work  for  nearly  five  years,  when  he  re- 
turned for  Ordination  to  the  Priesthood,  as  well  ab  for 
rest  and  recuperation  of  his  health,  which  had  been 
undermined  by  the  influence  of  the  climate. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  George's  Church,  Fredericks- 
burg, Virginia,  on  the  18th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1841,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  D.D. 

Consecrated  as  Bishop  of  Cape  Palmas,  and  parts 
adjacent  in  Western  Africa,  in  Christ  Church,  Alex- 
andria, Virginia,  on  the  11th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1851,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  William  Meade,  D.D.,  assisted  by  The 
Right  Rev.'  Manton  Eastburn,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 

H*  161 


162  JOHN  PAYNE. 

Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  John  Johns, 
S.T.D. 

In  1871  he  returned  to  the  United  States  in  shat- 
tered health,  and  sent  his  resignation  to  the  House  of 
Bishop?,  which  was  accepted  in  October  of  that  year. 

Bishop  Payne  died  at  his  home  "  Cavalla,"  in  West- 
moreland County,  Virginia,  on  the  23d  day  of  October, 
A.D.  1874. 


No.  53. 
THE  RIGHT  REVEREND 

FRANCIS  HUGER  RUTLEDGE,  S.T.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Florida,  was  born  in  Charleston, 
South  Carolina,  a.u.  1799. 

He  graduated  at  Yale  College,  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, A.D.  1820,  and  at  The  General  Theological 
Seminary,  a.d.  1823. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  the  Parish  Church  of  Prince 
George,  Winyaw,  South  Carolina,  on  the  4th  day  of 
:May,  A.D.  1823,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Nathaniel  Bowen, 
D.I). 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Radclitfe,  South 
Carolina,  on  the  20th  day  of  November,  a.d.  1825,  by 
the  same  Prelate. 

He  officiated  in  Christ  Church  Parish  for  nearly 
four  years.  In  1827  he  became  the  Rector  of  Grace 
Church,  Sullivan's  Island,  with  charge  of  S.  Thomas' 
and  S.  Dennis',  where  he  remained  until  1839,  when 
he  removed  to  Florida  and  became  the  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  St.  Augustine. 

In  1845  he  removed  to  Tallahassee  and  became  the 
Rector  of  S.  John's  Church,  where  he  remained  until 
his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 

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1(34  FRANCIS  HUGER   RVTLEDGE. 

ology  from  Hobart  College,  Geneva,  New  York,  a.d. 
1844. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Florida  in  S.  Paul's  Church, 
Augusta,  Georgia,  on  the  15th  day  of  October,  a.d. 
1851,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Christopher  Edwards  Gads- 
den, D.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Stephen  Elliott, 
Jr.,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Hamner 
Cobbs,  D.D. 

Bishop  Rutledge  died  on  the  6tli  day  of  November, 
A.D.  1866,  and  was  buried  in  Tallahassee,  Florida. 

Note. — In  an  old  Almanac  for  the  year  1799,  in- 
terleaved and  used  for  a  private  Diary  by  The  Rev. 
Thomas  Frost,  at  that  time  Rector  of  S.  Philip's  Church, 
Charleston,  there  stands  this  item  : — "  Francis  Huger, 
son  of  Hugh  and  Mary  Golightly  Rutledge,  was  bap- 
tized on  June  12th,  1799."  This  Almanac  is  now 
(1878)  among  the  archives  of  S.  Philip's  Church. 


No.  54. 
THE   RIGHT  -REVEREND 

JOHN   WILLIAMS,  S.T.D.,   LL.D. 

The  fourth  Bishop  of  Connecticut,  was  born  in  Deer- 
field,  Massachusetts,  on  the  30th  day  of  August,  a.d. 

1817. 

He  graduated  at  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, A.D.  1835,  of  which  College  he  became  Tutor, 
Professor,  President,  and  Chancellor. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  (now  Holy 
Trinity,)  Middletown,  Connecticut,  on  the  2d  day  of 
September,  a.d.  1838,  by  The  Eight  Rev.  Thomas 
Church  Brownell,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church  on  the  26th  day 
of  September,  a.d.  1841,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  was  the  Assistant  Minister  in  Christ  Church, 
Middletown,  for  one  year,  when  he  removed  to  Schen- 
ectady, New  York,  and  became  the  Rector  of  S. 
George's  Church. 

In  1848  he  became  the  President  of  Trinity  College, 
which  position  he  held  until  1853. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
Union  College,  Schenectady,  a.d.  1847,  Doctor  of 
Sacred  Theology  from  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  a.d. 
1849,  and  from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d. 
1852. 

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IQQ  JOHN    WILLIAMS. 

Tlie  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  was  conferred  upon 
him  by  Hobart  College,  Geneva,  New  York,  a.d.  1870. 

Consecrated  Assistant  Bishop  of  Connecticut  in  S. 
John's  Church,  Hartford,  Connecticut,  on  the  29th  day 
of  October,  a.d.  1851,  by  The  Right.  Rev.  Thomas 
Church  Brownell,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right 
Rev.  John  Henry  Hopkins,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  Manton  Eastburn,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  John 
P.  K.  Henshaw,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  George  Bur- 
gess, S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  William  Heathcote 
De  Lancey,  H.T.D. 

Bishop  Williams  became  the  Bishop  of  Connecticut 
upon  the  death  of  Bishop  Brownell,  a.d.  1865. 

He  was  the  Founder  of  The  Berkeley  Divinity 
School  at  Middletown,  and  its  first  President. 

Writings. — A  large  number  of  Sermons  and  Ad- 
dresses, and  one  Charge.  A  Translation  of  Ancient 
Hymns,  1  vol.  One  volume  of  Notes  on  The  Miracles. 

Messrs.  Stanford  and  Swords,  of  JSTew  York,  pub- 
lished, (a.d.  1849,)  in  two  volumes,  "  A  tale  of  and  for 
England,"  entitled  "  Hawkstone,"  of  which  Bishop 
Williams  w^rote  the  Preface.  He  also  edited  an  Edition 
of  Bishop  Browne's  Work  on  the  XXXTX.  Articles, 
with  copious  Notes. 


No.  55. 

THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

HENRY  JOHN  WniTEHOUSE,  LL.D.,  D.D.  Oxon.,  LL.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  niinois,  was  born  in  the  City 
of  New  York  on  the  19th  day  of  August,  a.d.  1803. 

He  o-raduated  at  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d. 
1821,  and  at  The  General  Theological  Seminary,  New 
York,  A.D.  1824. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Grace  Church,  New  lork,  on 
the  10th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1824,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Croes,  S.T.D.,  acting  for   the  Bishop  of  New 

York.  _,  .,    ,  1  1  • 

Ordained  Priest  in  Christ  Church,  Phdadelphia,  on 
the  26th  day  of  August,  a.d.  1827,  by  The  Right  Rev. 

William  AYliite,  D.D.  ,  r.^    -  .  n^        ^ 

In  1827  he  became  the  Rector  of  Christ  Church, 

Reading,  Pennsylvania,  from  whence  he  removed  to 

Rochester,  New  York,  and  became  the  Rector  ot  b. 

Luke's  Church,  where  he  remained  for  fifteen  years. 

In  1844  he  removed  to  the  City  of  New  York,  and  be- 
came the  Rector  of  S.  Thomas'  Church,  where  he 
remained  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

Consecrated  Assistant  Bishop  of  Illinois  in  S. 
George's  Church,  New  York,  on  the  20th  day  of 
November,  a.d.  1851,  by  The  Right  Rev  Thomas 
Church   Brownell,    S.T.D.,   LL.D.,    assisted    by   Tlie 

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168  HENRY  JOHN    WHITEHOUSE. 

Right  Rev.  Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Man- 
ton  Eastburn,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Cicero  Stephens 
Hawks,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  ReV.  Alonzo  Potter.  S.T.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  George  Burgess,  S.T.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  John  Williams,  S.T.D. 

Upon  the  death  of  The  Right  Rev.  Philander  Chase, 
S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  he  became  the  Bishop  of  Illinois. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Geneva  (now  Hobart)  College,  a.d.  1834, 
Doctor  of  Laws  from  Columbia  College,  New  York, 
A.D.  1865,  Doctor  in  Divinity  from  The  University 
of  Oxford,  England,  a.d.,  1867,  and  Doctor  of  Laws 
from  The  University  of  Cambridge,  England,  a.d. 
1868. 

Bishop  Whitehouse  died  on  the  10th  day  of  August, 
A.D.  1874,  and  was  buried  in  the  family  vault,  Green- 
wood Cemetery,  Long  Island. 

"Wkitings. — 1.  Occasional  Sermons,  Addresses,  Ora- 
tions and  Essays.  2.  Convention  Addresses  from  1852 
to  1873,  inclusive.  In  all,  960  pages.  3.  Pastoral 
Letters.  4.  The  Sermon  before  The  Pan-Anglican 
Council  in  the  Chapel  of  Lambeth  Palace,  a.d.  1867. 
5.  Sermon  at  the  Consecration  of  Bishop  Pierce. 

The  amount  of  Mss.  writings  he  left  is  enormous. 
Hundreds  of  Sermons,  many  volumes  of  I^otes,  Lec- 
tures, &c. ;  several  large  books  filled  with  annals  of 
his  various  travels  in  Europe.  He  was  familiar  with 
Hebrew,  Greek,  Latin,  French,  Italian,  and  to  some 
extent,  with  German. 

He  studied  Law  and  Medicine  in  the  books,  though 
not  in  the  schools. 


INTO.  5G. 
THE    RIGUT    REVEREND 

JONATHAN  MAYIIEW  WAINWRIGIIT,  D.D.,  D.C.L. 

Provisional  Bishop  of  New  York,  was  born  in  Liver- 
pool, England,  on  the  24th  day  of  February,  a.d.  1792. 

He  graduated  at  Harvard  College,  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, A.D.  1812. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  Boston,  on  the 
13th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1817,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Alex- 
ander Viets  Griswold,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Christ  Church,  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, on  the  29th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1818,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D. 

His  first  pastoral  work  was  at  Christ  Church,  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut.  In  November,  1819,  he  removed 
to  New  York,  and  became  an  Assistant  Minister  in 
Trinity  Church.  In  1821  he  became  the  Rector  of 
Grace  Church,  New  York,  where  he  remained  until 
1834,  when  he  became  the  Rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
Bo^t')n.  Two  years  afterwards  he  returned  to  New 
York,  and  became  again  an  Assistant  Minister '  in 
Trinity  Parish,  with  charge  of  S.  Paul's  Chapel,  where 
he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
Union  College,  Schenectady,  New  York,  a.d.  1823, 
and  from  Har\ard  College,  a.d.  1835. 

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170  JONATHAN  MAYHEW    WAIN  WRIGHT. 

The  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Canon  Law  was  conferred 
upon  him  by  The  University  of  Oxford,  Enghmd,  a.d. 
1852. 

Consecrated  Provisional  Bishop  of  New  York  in 
Trinity  Church,  Il^ew  York,  on  the  10th  day  of  No- 
vember, A.D.  1852,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Church 
Brownell,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev. 
George  Washington  Doane,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  Jackson  Kemper,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Heathcote  De  Lancey,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
William  Rollinson  Wliittiiigham,  S.T.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  Carlton  Chase,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  George 
Upfold,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  John  Williams, 
S.T.D.,  together  with  The  Right  Rev.  Francis  Fulford, 
D.D.,  Bishop  of  Montreal,  and  Metropolitan. 

Bishop  Wainwright  died  in  New  York  on  the  21st 
day  of  September,  a.d.  1854,  and  was  buried  in  Trinity 
Cemetery. 

Writings. — 1.  Four  Sermons  on  Religious  Educa- 
tion and  Filial  Duty,  12mo.,  1829.  2.  Lessons  on  the 
Church.  3.  Order  of  Family  Prayer,  12mo.,  1845. 
4.  Short  Family  Prayers,  12mo.,  1850.  5.  The  Path- 
ways and  Abiding  Places  of  our  Lord,  4to.,  1851.  6. 
The  Land  of  Bondage ;  its  Ancient  Monuments  and 
Present  Condition,  4to.,  1852. 

Bishop  Wainwright  edited  a  "  Book  of  Chants" 
adapted  to  the  Morning  and  Evening  Service  of  The 
Church,  A.D.  1819,  and '"  Music  of  the  Church,"  1828. 
In  1851,  with  Dr.  W.  A.  Muhlenburg,  he  edited  "  The 
Choir,  and  Family  Psalter."  He  also  edited  Bishop 
Ravenscroft's  Memoir  and  Sermons,  and  the  Life  of 
Bishop  Heber.     lie  published  a  number  of  occasional 


JOXATHAN  MAYHKW    WAISWIilG IIT.  171 

Sermons,  Articles  in  Reviews  and  some  Controversial 
Papers.  After  his  death,  a  volume  of  Sermons — thirty- 
four  in  number — was  published,  in  memoriam,  by  his 
widow. 

The  Church  of  S.  John  the  Evangelist,  in  New 
York  City,  was  consecrated  a.d.  1858  as  "  The  Wain- 
wright  Memorial." 


No.  57. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

THOMAS   FREDERICK   DAVIS,  S.T.D. 

The  third  Bishop  of  South  Carolina,  was  born  near 
Wihnington,  North  Carohna,  on  the  8th  day  of  Feb- 
ruary, A.D.  1804. 

He  graduated  at  The  University  of  ISTorth  Carohna, 
Chapel  Hill,  a.d.  1822. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  James'  Church,  Wilmington, 
JSTorth  Carolina,  on  the  27th  day  of  !N"ovember,  a.d. 
1831,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Levi  Silliman  Ives,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  Church  of  S.  Bartholomew, 
Pittsboro',  Chatham  County,  North  Carolina,,  on  the 
16th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1832,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

During  his  Diaconate  he  officiated  in  S.  Bartholo- 
mew's Church,  Pittsboro',  and  Calvary  Church,  Wades- 
boro'.  Subsequently  he  became  the  Rector  of  S. 
James'  Church,  Wilmington,  from  whence  he  removed 
to  Salisbury,  and  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Luke's 
Church.  In  November,  1846,  he  removed  to  South 
Carolina,  and  became  the  Rector  of  Grace  Church, 
Camden. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1853, 
and  that  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from  The  University  of 
North  Carolina,  a.d.  1853. 
172 


THOMAS  FJiEDKRICK  DAVIS.  17;3 

Conseoratecl  Bishop  of  Soutli  Caroliiui  in  S.  Joliii's 
Cluipel,  Now  York,  on  the  17th  day  of  Octohor,  aa). 
1853,  by  Tlie  Kiglit  Rev.  Tlionuis  Church  BroAvncll, 
S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry 
Hopkins,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Charles  Petti't 
^Icllvaine,  S.T.D.,  D.C.L.,  The  Right  Rev.  George 
Washington  Doane,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  together  with  The 
Right  Rev.  Aubrey  George  Spencer,  D.D.,  Bishop  of 
Jamaica,  West  Indies,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Jolni 
Medley,  D.D.,  the  Bishop  of  Fredericton,  Nova  Scotia. 

Bisliop  Davis  died  on  the  2d  day  of  December,  a.d. 
1871,  and  was  buried  in  the  Cemetery  at  Camden, 
South  Carolina. 


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N"o.  58, 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

THOMAS  ATKINSON,  S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

The  third  Bishop  of  I^Torth  Carolina,  was  born  in  Din- 
widdie  County,  Virginia,  on  the  6th  day  of  August, 
A.D.  1807. 

He  entered  Yale  College,  but  in  his  Junior  year  was 
transferred  to  Hampden  Sidney  College,  Prince  Ed- 
ward County,  Virginia,  where  he  graduated,  a.d.  1825. 

He  studied  Law,  and  practised  in  that  Profession  for 
nine  years,  when  he  abandoned  it  and  entered  upon  a 
course  of  Theology. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  jSTorfolk,  Virginia, 
on  the  18th  day  of  November,  a.d,  1836,  by  The  Ivight 
Kev.  William  Meade,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  j^orfolk,  on  the 
7th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1837,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Richard 
Channing  Moore,  D.D. 

While  in  Deacon's  Orders  he  served  for  a  short  time 
as  Assistant  Minister  in  Christ  Church,  Norfolk.  Dur- 
ing that  time  he  was  elected  to  the  Rectorship  of  S. 
Paul's  Church,  Norfolk,  and  upon,  receiving  Priest's 
Orders,  he  assumed  the  full  duty.  Two  years  later  he 
removed  to  Lynchl)nrg,  and  became  the  Rector  of  S. 
Paul's  Church,  where  he  remained  nearly  five  years. 
174 


r IK) MAS  ATKISSON.  175 

In  the  autumn  of  1843  lie  removed  to  Maryland,  and 
became  the  Rector  of  IS.  Peter's  Cliurch,  IJaltimore, 
In  1852  he  became  the  Hector  of  Grace  Churcli  in  the 
same  city,  where  he  remained  but  little  more  than  one 
year,  having  been  elected  to  the  E[>iscopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
A.J).  1846,  and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  The  Uni- 
versity of  Korth  Carolina,  a.d.  1862.  The  Degree  of 
Doctor  of  Laws  was  also  conferred  upon  him  by  The 
University  of  Cambridge,  England,  a.d.  1867. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  JS'orth  Carolina  in  S.  John's 
Chapel,  i!*N'ew  York,  on  the  17th  day  of  October,  a.d. 
1853,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Church  Brownell, 
S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Charles 
Pettit  McHvaine,  S.T.D.,  D.C.L.,  The  Right  Rev. 
George  Washington  Doane,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  James  Hervey  Otey,  S.T.D.,  together  with 
The  Right  Rev.  George  Trevor  Spencer,  D.D.,  (some 
time  Bishop  of  Madras,)  and  The  Right  Rev.  John 
Medley,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Frcdericton. 

Writings. — A  number  of  Sermons  preached  on 
special  occasions.  Two  Lectures;  Two  Charges;  A 
Charge  on  Sacramental  Confession ;  A  Pamphlet  in 
reply  to  a  criticism  of  this  last  Charge  by  The  Roman 
Catholic  Bishop  of  Richmond,  Virginia. 


ISTo.  59. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

WILLIAM   INGRAHAM   KIP,  S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  California,  was  born  in  the  City  of 
New  York  on  the  3d  day  of  October,  a.d.  1811. 

He  entered  Rutgers  College,  New-Brunswick,  New 
Jersey,  but  was  transferred  to  Yale  College,  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  where  he  graduated,  a.d.  1831. 

He  began  the  study  of  Law,  which  he  shortly  aban- 
doned, and  entered  The  Theological  Seminary  of  Vir- 
ginia in  October,  1832.  In  July,  1833,  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  The  General  Theological  Seminary  at  New 
York,  where  he  graduated,  a.d.  1835. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  John's  Church,  Brooklyn, 
Long  Island,  on  the  28th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1835, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Tredwell  Onderdonk, 
S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Peter's  Church,  Morristown, 
New  Jersey,  on  the  20th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1835, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  George  Washington  Doane,  S.T.D. 

He  was  Rector  of  S.  Peter's  Church,  Morristown, 
New  Jersey,  1835-6,  Assistant  Minister  of  Grace 
Church,  New  York,  1836-7,  and  Rector  of  S.  Paul's 
Church,  Albany,  New  York,  from  1837  until  his  ele- 
vation to  the  Episcopate,  a.d.  1853. 

176 


WILLIAM  INGRAUAM  KIP.  177 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  Tlic- 
oloo-y  from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1847, 
and''  that  of  Doctor  of  l.aws  from  Yale  College,  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  a.d.  1872. 

Consecrated  Missionary  JVisliop  of  California  in 
Trinity  Church,  New  York,  on  the  28th  day  ot  Octo- 
ber A  D  1853,  by  The  Right  Kcv.  Jackson  Kemper, 
S  t'd.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  William  Jones 
Roone,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D.,  The 
Rhdit  Rev.  George  Washington  Freeman,  1 ).!).,  Uie 
Ri'ht  Rev.  George  lUirgess,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
GcH^ro-e  Upfold,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Henry  John 
Whit^house,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Jonathan 
Mayhew  Wainwright,  D.D. 

He  was  elected  Bishop  of  California  by  the  Conven- 
tion of  the  Diocese,  April,  1857. 

Writings.— 1.  Lenten  Fast.  2.  Christmas  Holidays 
in  Rome  3.  Early  Jesuit  Missions  in  North  America. 
4.  Cafeicombs  of  Rome.  5.  Double  Witness  of  the 
Church  6.  Early  Conflicts  of  Christianity.  7.  New 
York  in  the  Olden  Time.  8.  Unnoticed  Things  of 
Scripture.  9.  Historical  Scenes  in  the  Old  Jesuit 
Missions.     10.  The  Church  of  The  Apostles. 

Charges.— 1.  Lay  Co-operation.  2.  Characteristics 
of  the  Age. 


No.  60. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

THOMAS   FIELDING   SCOTT,    S.T.D. 

The  first  Missionary  Bishop  of  Oregon  and  Washington 
Territories. 

He  was  a  Minister  among  the  Presbyterians  nearly 
eighteen  years. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Augusta, 
Georgia,  on  the  12th  day  of  March,  a.d.  1843,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Stephen  Elliott,  Jr.,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Christ  Church,  Macon,  Georgia, 
on  the  24th  day  of  February,  a.d.  1844,  by  the  same 
Prelate. 

He  became  the  Rector  of  S.  James'  Church,  Mari- 
etta, Georgia,  where  he  remained  until  his  elevation  to 
the  Episcopate. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  the  Territories  of 
Oregon  and  Washington  in  Christ  Church,  Savannah, 
Georgia,  on  the  8th  day  of  January,  a.d.  1854,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Stephen  Elliott,  Jr.,  S.T.D.,  assisted  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Samuel  Hamner  Cobbs,  S.T.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  Thomas  Frederick  Davis,  S.T.D. 

Bishop  Scott  died  in  the  City  of  New  York  on  the 
14th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1867. 

(The  Editor  regrets  his  inability  to  complete  the 
sketch  of  Bishop  Scott.) 

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No.   Gl. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

HENRY   WASHINGTON   LEE,    S.T.D.,   LL.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Iowa,  was  born  in  Hamclen,  New 
Haven  County,  Connecticut,  on  the  29th  day  of  July, 
A.D.  1815. 

He  passed  tli  rough  the  course  of  study  preparatory 
for  College  at  The  Episcopal  Academy  of  Connecticut, 
in  Cheshire,  after  which  he  removed  to  Massachusetts, 
and  opened  a  private  school  at  Taunton,  pursuing  his 
studies  and  teaching,  until  ready  for  Ordination, 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Grace  Church,  ]^ew  Bedford, 
Massachusetts,  on  the  27th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1838,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Alexander  Yiets  Griswold,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Anne's  Church,  Lowell,  Massa- 
chusetts, on  the  9th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1839,  by  the 
same  Prelate. 

He  spent  a  portion  of  his  Diaconate  in  Grace  Church, 
New  Bedford.  In  October,  1839,  he  removed  to  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts,  where  he  was  Instituted  Rector 
of  Christ  Church  on  the  2d  day  of  April,  a.d.  1840. 

In  1843  he  removed  to  the  Diocese  of  Western  New 
York,  and  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Luke's  Church, 
Rochester,  where  he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the 
Episcopate, 

179 


180  HENRY    WASHINGTON  LEE. 

He  received  tlie  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Hobart  College,  a.d.  1850,  that  of  Doctor 
in  Divinity  from  The  University  of  Rochester,  a.d. 
1852,  and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  The  University 
of  Cambridge,  England,  a.d.  1867. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Iowa  in  S.  Luke's  Church, 
Rochester,  on  the  18th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1854,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hopkins,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Allen  McCoskry, 
D.D.,  D.C.L.,  The  Right  Rev.  George  Burgess,  S.T.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  William  Heathcote  De  Lancey,  S.T.D., 
D.C.L.,  The  Right  Rev.  Manton  Eastburn,  S.T.D.,  and 
The  Right  Rev.  Henry  John  Wliitehouse,  S.T.D. 

Bishop  Lee  died  in  Davenport,  Iowa,  on  the  26th 
day  of  September,  a.d.  1874,  and  was  buried  in  the 
public  Cemetery. 


ISTo.  G3. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

HORATIO   POTTER,   S.T.D.,   LL.D.,   D.C.L. 

The  fifth  Bisliop  of  Xow  York,  was  born  in  Beekman, 
(now  Lagrange,)  Dutchess  County,  I^ew  York,  on  the 
9th  day  of  February,  a.d.  1802. 

He  graduated  at  Union  College,  Schenectady,  ]^ew 
York,  A.D.  1826. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Clmst  Church,  Poughkeepsie, 
ISTew  York,  on  the  15th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1827,  by  The 
Eight  Rev.  John  Henry  Hobart,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Christ  Church,  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, on  the  14th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1828,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Church  Brownell,  S.T.D. 

Shortly  after  his  Ordination  to  the  Diaconate  he  re- 
moved to  Maine,  and  took  charge  of  Trinity  Church, 
Saco.  The  follomng  year  he  was  elected  Professor  of 
Mathematics  and  Xatural  Philosophy  in  Washington 
(now  Trinity)  College,  Hartford,  Connecticut.  In  May, 
1833,  he  removed  to  l^ew  York  and  became  tlie  Rector 
of  S.  Peter's  Cliurcli,  Albany,  where  he  remained  until 
his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

Consecrated  Provisional  Bishop  of  New  York  in 
Trinity  Church,  New  York,  on  the  22d  day  of  No- 
vember, A.D.  1854,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Church 

16  181 


182  HORATIO   POTTER. 

Erownell,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Henry  Hopkins,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
George  Washington  Doane,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  Samuel  Allen  McCoskiy,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
William  Rollinson  Whittingham,  S.T.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  Manton  Eastburn,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Alonzo 
Potter,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  John  Williams,  S.T.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  Heniy  John  Whitehonse,  S.T.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  Henry  Washington  Lee,  S.T.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  Francis  Fulford,  D.D.,  the  Bishop  of  Mon- 
treal, Canada. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  B.  T.  Onderdonk,  a.d. 
1861,  he  became  the  Bishop  of  New  York. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Connecticut,  a.d. 
1838,  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  Hobart  College, 
Geneva,  New  York,  a.d.  1856,  and  that  of  Doctor  of 
Canon  Law  from  The  University  of  Oxford,  a.d.  1860. 

Writings. — 1.  Introductory  Sermon  after  his  Insti- 
tution as  Rector  of  S.  Peter's  Church,  Albany,  1833. 
2.  Discourse,  Intellectual  Liberty,  1837.  3.  Lecture 
before  The  Young  Men's  Association,  Troy,  1837.  4. 
Sermon  on  the  death  of  W.  H.  Llarrison,  1841.  5. 
Sermon  on  The  Religious  Tendencies  of  the  Age,  and 
the  Consequent  Duty  of  the  Christian  Minister,  1844. 
6.  Rules  for  Fasting,  1846.  7.  Discourse,  Submission 
to  the  Government  the  Christian's  Duty,  1848.  8.  Sta- 
bility of  the  Church  as  seen  in  her  History  and  I'rin- 
ciples,  1843.  9.  Sermon  on  the  death  of  Hon.  A. 
Spencer,  1849.  10.  Sermon  on  the  death  of  Presi- 
dent Taylor,  1850.  11.  Duties  of  Justice,  1852.  12. 
Charges,  Addresses,  Pastoral  Letters,  &c. 


No.  63. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

TUOMAS  MARCH   CLARK,   S.T  D.,   LL.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  Rhode  Island,  was  born  in  ISTew- 
bmw-port,  Massachusetts,  on  the  4th  day  of  July,  a.d. 
18lk 

He  graduated  at  Yale  College,  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, A.D.  1831. 

After  leaving  College,  he  entered  The  Theological 
Seminary  at  Princeton,  'Naw  Jersey,  and  in  the  spring 
of  1835  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Newburyport,  Massachusetts.  He  removed  to  Boston, 
and  for  a  few  months  was  in  charge  of  "  The  Old  South 
Church,"  when  he  determined  to  abandon  his  connec- 
tion with  the  Presbyterians  and  apply  for  Holy  Orders. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Grace  Church,  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, on  the  3d  day  of  February,  a.d.  1836,  by  The 
Riglit  Rev.  Alexander  Viets  Griswold,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Grace  Church,  Boston,  on  the 
6th  day  of  November,  a.d.  1836,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  officiated  in  Grace  Church,  Boston,  during  his 
Diaconate,  and  upon  his  Ordination  to  the  Priesthood, 
became  the  Rector. 

In  1843  he  removed  to  Philadelphia  and  became  the 
Rector  of  S.  Andrew's  Church,  where  he  remained  a 
few  years,  when  he  returned  to  Boston,  and  became 

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184  THOMAS  MARCH  CLARK. 

the  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  upon  the, 
"  Green  Foundation."  Subsequently  lie  removed  to 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  became  the  Rector  of 
Christ  Church,  where  he  remained  until  his  elevation 
to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
Union  College,  Schenectady,  New  York,  a.d.  1851,  and 
that  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  Theology  from  Brown  Uni- 
versity, A.D.  1860.  The  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws 
was  conferred  upon  him  by  The  University  of  Cam- 
bridge, England,  a.d.  1867. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Bhode  Island  in  Grace 
Church,  Providence,  on  the  16th  day  of  December, 
A.D.  1854,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Cliurch  Brown- 
ell,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  a'ssisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  John 
Henry  Hopkins,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  George 
Washington  Doane,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
Manton  Eastburn,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Horatio 
Southgate,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  George  Burgess, 
S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  John  Williams,  S.T.D.,"The 
Right  Rev.  Henry  Washington  Lee,  S.T.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D. 

Writings. — He  has  published  a  large  number  of  Ser- 
mons, Addresses,  &c.,  of  which  no  collection  has  been 
made.  Books  :  1.  Primary  Truths  of  Religion.  2. 
Formation  of  Character,  a  series  of  Lectures  to  Young 
Men.     3.  The  Efficient  Sunday-School  Teacher. 

Four  Charges  to  his  Clergy. 


No.  64. 
THE    RIGHT   REVEREND 

SAMUEL  BOWMAN,  S.T.D. 

Assistant  Bishop  of  Pennsylvania,  was  born  in  Wilkes- 
barre,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  21st  day  of  May,  a.d.  1800. 

Educated  privately,  and  studied  Theolog}^  under  the 
direction  of  Bishop  Wliite. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia,  on 
the  25th  day  of  August,  a.d.  1823,  by  The  Right  Ptcv. 
William  AMiite,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  James'  Church,  Philadelphia, 
on  the  19th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1824,  by  the  same 
Prelate. 

In  September,  1823,  he  took  charge  of  two  Parishes 
in  Lancaster  County,  where  he  remained  until  1825, 
wlien  he  removed  to  Easton,  and  became  the  Rector 
of  Trinity  Church.  In  1827  he  returned  to  Lancaster 
County,  and  became  the  Assistant  of  The  Rev.  Joseph 
Clarkson,  the  Rector  of  S.  James'  Church,  Lancaster. 
Upon  the  death  of  The  Rev.  Mr.  Clarkson,  a.d.  1830, 
he  became  the  Rector  of  the  Parish,  which  position  he 
held  until  his  death. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Geneva  (now  Hobart)  College,  a.d.  1843. 

In  1847  he  was  elected  Bishop  of  Indiana,  but  de- 
clined. 

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18g  SAMUEL   BOiVMAlV. 

Consecrated  Assistant  Bishop  of  Pennsylvania  in 
Christ  Church,  Phikxdelphia,  on  the  25th  day  of 
August,  A.D,  1858,  by  The  Right  Pev.  Jackson  Kemper, 
S.T^D.,  assisted  by  The  Riglit  Rev.  WilUam  Heathcote 
De  Lancey,  S.T.D.,  D.C.L.,  The  Right  Rev.  Alfred 
Lee,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  John  AVilliams,  S.T.D., 
and  The  Right  Rev.  Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D. 

Bishop  Bowman  died  on  the  3d  day  of  August,  a.d. 
1361.  He  was  in  the  western  portion  of  the  Diocese 
on  his  way  to  meet  an  ai)pointment  at  Butler,  in  But- 
ler County.  The  destruction  of  a  bridge  by  a  land- 
slide, compelled  the  passengers  of  the  train  in  which 
the  Bishop  was  journeying  to  make  a  walk  of  four 
miles.  The  Bishop  lingered  behind,  and  when  the 
party  had  reached  the  end  of  the  journey  he  was  no- 
where to  be  found.  A  workman  returning  with  a 
hand-car  to  the  broken  bridge,  found  him  lying  on  his 
face  by  the  roadside,  quite  dead. 

The  body  was  tenderly  cared  for,  at  once  returned  to 
Pittsburg,  and  thence  removed  to  Lancaster,  where  it 
was  buried  in  the  Church  Yard. 


No.   65. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

ALEXANDER  GREGG,  D.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Texas,  was  born  in  Society  Hill, 
Darlington  District,  South  Carolina,  on  the  8th  day  of 
October,  a.d.  1819. 

He  graduated  at  South  Carolina  College,  a.d.  1838, 
and  entered  at  once  upon  the  study  of  Law.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  Bar,  and  practised  at  Cheraw,  in  the 
North-Eastern  Circuit,  embracing  the  Districts  of  Ches- 
terfield, Marlborough,  Darlington  and  Marion,  in  South 
Carolina. 

He  was  Baptized  and  Confii-med  in  S.  David's 
Church,  Cheraw,  South  Carolina,  a.d.  1843,  and  im- 
mediately thereafter  became  a  Candidate  for  Holy 
Orders, 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  David's  Church,  Cheraw,  on 
the  10th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1846,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Christopher  Edwards  Gadsden,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Philip's  Church,  Charleston, 
South  Carolina,  on  the  19th  day  of  December,  a.d. 
1847,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

Immediately  upon  his  Ordination  to  the  Diaconate 
he  took  charge  of  S.  David's  Church,  Cheraw,  of 
which  he  became  tlie  Rector,  and  he  remained  in  that 
position  until  liis  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

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188  ALEXANDER   GREGG. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
South  Carolina  College,  a.d.  1859. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Texas  in  The  Monumental 
Church,  liichniond,  Virginia,  on  the  13th  day  of  Oc- 
tober, A.I).  1859,  by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry 
Hopkins,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Benjamin  Bosworth  Smith,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
James  Hervey  Otey,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Leonidas 
Polk,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Stephen  Elliott,  Jr., 
S.T.D.,  The  Right  RevrAVilliam  Mercer  Green,  D.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Frederick  Davis,  S.T.D.,  and 
The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Atkinson,  S.T.D. 

In  the  year  1874,  at  a  meeting  of  the  General  Con- 
vention held  in  S.  John's  Chapel,  l!Tew  York,  consent 
vs^as  given  to  the  division  of  the  Diocese  of  Texas, 
setting  off  two  Missionary  Jurisdictions,  and  leaving 
all  that  portion  of  the  State  of  Texas  lying  south  of 
the  northern  line  of  the  Counties  of  Lampasas,  Cory- 
ell, McLennan,  Limestone,  Freestone,  Anderson, 
Smith,  Gregg  and  Marion,  and  east  of  the  western 
line  of  the  Counties  of  Matagorda,  Wharton,  Colorado, 
Fayette,  Bastrop,  Travis,  Burnett  and  Lampasas,  in 
and  under  the  name  of  the  Diocese  of  Texas.  Bishop 
Gregg  removed  to  Galveston,  and  remained  in  charge 
of  this  District,  retaining  his  old  title  of  Bishop  of 
Texas. 

Writings. — 1.  Convocation  Essay,  Relations  of 
Master  and  Slave ;  Regulations  respecting  the  same, 
and  Duties  growing  out  of  these  Relations  in  the 
Primitive  Church.  South  Carolina,  1852.  2.  Sermon 
before  the  Convention  of  South  Carolina,  a.d.  1856, 
on  "  Scarcity  of   Clergymen,    Causes   and  Remedy." 


ALEXANDER   GREGG.  IgQ 

3.  An  Account  of  tlic  First  Meeting  of  tlie  Trustees  of 
The  University  of  The  South ;  the  Xature  and  Pros- 
pects of  that  Great  Work,  &(•,,  iSoT.  4.  A  Sermon 
preaclK'(l  in  S.  David's  (Miurrli,  Austin,  Texas,  on  the 
"  Perils  and  Duties  of  a  Time  of  War,"  1801.  5. 
Sermon — "  Proper  Improvement  of  Victory  in  War." 
6.  Sermon—"  The  Sin  of  Extortion,"  1863. '  7.  Eulogy 
on  Judge  iremphill  and  Colonel  McLeod,  delivered 
in  the  Hall  of  llepresentutives,  Austin,  1862.  8.  Tri- 
ennial Charge  on  the  Kelations  of  Church  and  State, 
and  the  Responsihilities  and  Duties  growing  out  of 
the  same,  1862.  9.  Second  Triennial  Charge — liela- 
tions  of  The  Church  to  The  Church  of  Tiome,  &c. 
10.  "  History  of  Old  Cheraw,"  eml)racing  an  account 
of  Indian  tribes  in  the  Valley  of  the  Pee  Dee,  South 
Carolina  ;  the  first  white  settlements  ;  organization  of 
S.  David's  Parish;  Revolutionary  history  of  that  re- 
gion, &c.     1  vol.  8vo.,  1867. 


IsTo.  66. 

THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

WILLIAM  HENRY  ODENIIEIMER,  D.D.,  D.C.L. 

The  third  Bishop  of  New  Jersey,  was  born  in  the  City 
of  Philadelphia  on  the  llth  day  of  Angust,  a.d.  1817. 

He  graduated  at  The  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
A.D.  1835. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Philadelphia, 
on  the  2d  day  of  September,  a.d.  1838,  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk,  S.T.H. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Peter's  Church,  Philadelphia, 
on  the  3d  day  of  October,  a.d.  1841,  by  the  same  Pre- 
late. 

He  was  the  Rector  of  S.  Peter's  Church,  Phila- 
delphia, from  the  time  of  his  Ordination  until  his  ele- 
vation to  the  Episcopate.  He  received  the  Degree  of 
Doctor  in  Divinity  from  The  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, A.D.  1856. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  ISTew  Jersey  in  S.  Paul's 
Church,  Riclmiond,  Virginia,  on  the  13th  day  of 
October,  a.d.  1869,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William  Meade, 
D.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Allen 
McCoskry,  S.T.D.,  D.C.L.,  The  Right  Rev.  William 
Rollinson  Whittingham,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Carlton  Chase, 

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WILLIAM   HKNIiV  ODEMIEIMER.  191 

D.D.,  The  Rio-ht  Rev.  Cicero  Stcpliens  Hawks,  S.T.T)., 
The  Right  Rev.  Ak)iizo  I'otter,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  and  The 
Eight  Rev.  John  AVilHams,  S.T.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Canon  Law 
from  The  University  of  Oxford,  a.d.  1867. 

In  1874  the  Diocese  of  New  Jersey  w^as  divided, 
and  a  new  Diocese  created  under  the  title  of  The 
Diocese  of  Northern  New  Jersey.  Bishop  Oden- 
heimer  elected  to  take  charge  of  the  New  Diocese, 
and  so  became  (a.d.  1874)  The  Bishop  of  Northern 
New  Jersey. 

Writings. — 1.  Origin  and  Compilation  of  the  Prayer 
Book.  2.  Tlie  True  Catholic  no  Romanist.  3.  Thoughts 
on  Immersion.  4.  The  Young  Churchman  Catechised. 
Parts  I.  and  II.  5.  The  Devout  Churchman's  Com- 
panion. 6.  The  Private  Prayer  Book.  7.  Bishop 
White's  Opinions.  8.  Ringelbergius  on  Study. 
(Edited.)  9.  The  Clergj^man's  Assistant.  10.  Three 
Ch.arges — 1.  The  Sacred  Scriptures,  the  Inspired  Re- 
cord of  the  Glory  of  The  Holy  Trinity.  2.  The 
Church's  Power  in  her  Controversy  with  Antichrist. 
3.  Canon  Law. 


TSTo.  G7. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

GREGORY  THURSTON  BEDELL,  D.D. 

The  third  Bishop  of  Ohio,  was  born  in  Hudson,  New 
York,  on  the  27th  day  of  August,  a.d.  1817. 

He  graduated  at  Bristol  College,  Bristol,  Pennsyl- 
vania, A.D.  1836.  He  became  a  Candidate  for  Holy 
Orders  in  the  Diocese  of  Pennsylvania,  and  spent  one 
year  in  Philadelphia,  as  a  tutor  in  a  private  family, 
and  at  the  same  time  attended  a  course  of  Medical 
Lectures. 

In  1837  he  entered  The  Theological  Seminary  of 
Virginia,  where  he  graduated,  a.d.  1840. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Andrew's  Church,  Phila- 
delphia, on  the  19th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1840,  by  his 
great-uncle.  The  Right  Pev.  Richard  Channing  Moore, 
D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  The  Church  of  The  Holy  Trinity, 
West  Chester,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  29th  day  of  August, 
A.D.  1841,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

Wliile  in  Deacon's  Orders  he  took  charge  of  The 
Church  of  The  Holy  Trinity,  West  Chester,  and  upon 
his  Ordination  to  the  Priesthood  he  became  the  Rector 
of  the  Parish.  In  1843  he  removed  to  the  City  of  New 
York,  and  became  the  Rector  of  The  Church  of  The 

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GREGORV  THURSTON  BEDELL.  193 

Ascension,  wlicrc  lie  remained  until  his  elevation  to 
the  Episcopate. 

lie  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
Norwich  University,  Vermont,  a.d.  1856. 

Consecrated  Assistant  Bishop  of  Ohio  in  S.  Paul's 
Cliurch,  Kichmond,  Virginia,  on  the  13th  day  of 
October,  a.d.  1859,  by  The  Right  Hev.  William  Meade, 
D.D.,  assisted  by  Tlie  Right  Rev.  Cliarles  Pettit  Mcll- 
vaine,  S.T.D.,  D.C.L.,  The  Right  Rev.  John  Johns, 
S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  George  Upfold,  D.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  Francis  Iluger  Rutledge,  S.T.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  John  Payne,  D.D. 

Ul')on  the  death  of  Bishop  Mcllvaine,  March  13th, 
A.D.  1873,  he  became  the  Bishop  of  Ohio.  In  the  year 
1875  the  Diocese  was  divided  and  a  new  See  created, 
lying  south  of  the  southern  line  of  the  Counties  of 
jVIercer,  Shelby,  Logan,  Union,  Marion,  Morrow, 
Knox,  Coshocton,  Tuscaraw^as,  Harrison  and  Jefferson, 
under  the  title  of  The  Diocese  of  Southern  Ohio. 
The  northern  Diocese  retained  the  old  title,  and 
Bishop  Bedell,  by  \drtue  of  the  power  vested  in  him 
under  the  Canon,  elected  to  take  charge  of  the  old 
Diocese,  and  remain  as  Bishop  of  Ohio. 

"Writings. — Sermons  :  1.  The  Divinity  of  Christ, 
1848.  2.  Individual.  Responsibility  for  Missions  to 
the  Heathen,  1848.  3.  The  Present  Profit  of  Godli- 
ness, 1852.  4.  The  Sacredness  of  the  Grave,  1854. 
5.  The  Adaptation  of  Christianity  to  Man,  1854.  6. 
Funeral  Sermon  on  the  death  of  The  Rev.  David 
Moore,  D.D.,  1856.  7.  Fellow  Workers.  Two  Ser- 
mons—" The  Elements  of  Parochial  Strength,"  "  The 

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194  GREGORY   THURSTON  BEDELL. 

Basis  of  Parocliial  Strength,  1859.  8.  The  Trustee- 
ship of  The  Gospel,  1864.  9.  The  A^ictories  of  The 
Reformation,  &c.,  1869.  10.  The  Age  of  Indifierence, 
1871.  11.  Episcopacy,  Fact  and  Law,  1872.  12.  Me- 
morial Sermon  of  Bishop  Aiier,  1874.  13.  Woman's 
Work  and  Foreign  Missions,  Sermon  preached  under 
the  auspices  of  "  The  Woman's  Auxiliary,"  1877.  14. 
The  Church,  a  Teacher,  Sermon  at  the  opening  of  the 
Church  Congress,  1877. 

Miscellaneous. — 1.  A  Pastor's  Christmas  Greeting, 
1848.  2.  Pay  thy  Vows,  a  Confirmation  Address,  by 
The  Rev.  Dr.  Bedell,  of  Philadelphia,  edited  by  his 
son,  1850.  3,  Renunciation,  an  Essay  on  Worldly 
Amusements,  by  Dr.  Bedell,  edited,  with  Introduction, 
by  his  son-,  1850.  4.  Address  before  The  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association,  Cincinnati,  1871.  5.  A  Votive 
Pillar,  Address  on  the  Twenty-fifth  Anniversary  of 
the  founding  of  The  Church  of  The  Ascension,  ISTew 
York,  and  the  Tenth  Anniversary  of  his  Rectorship, 
1853.  6.  Memorial  of  The  Right  Rev.  Charles  Pettit 
McBvaine,  S.T.D.,  D.C.L.,  LL.D.,  Address  before  the 
Convention  of  Ohio,  1873.  7.  Ritual  Uniformity,  a 
Pastoral  Letter,  1874.  8.  Primary  Charge— "  The 
Personal  Presence  of  The  Holy  Spirit,"  1874.  9. 
ISTotes  on  the  Oriental  Churches,  1875.  10.  Coptic 
Liturgy  of  The  Holy  Communion,  by  Deacon  Hanna, 
of  Cairo,  Egypt,  edited,  1875.  11.  Therapeutical  In- 
fluence of  High  Character  in  a  Physician,  an  Address, 
&c.,  1876.  12.  Funeral  Address  on  the  death  of  Rev. 
A.  H.  Washburn,  D.D.,  1877.  13.  Pastoral  Theology, 
a  text-book,  1878. 


No.  GS. 
THE   IllUIIT   REVEREND 

HENRY  BENJAMIN  WHIPPLE,  D.D. 

The  first  Bisliop  of  Minnesota,  was  horn  in  Adams, 
JetForson  County,  New  York,  on  tlie  15tli  day  of  Feb- 
ruary, A.D,  1822. 

He  was  engag-ed  in  mercantile  pursuits  for  some 
years,  and  largely  interested,  as  well  as  influential  in 
political  matters.  His  conversion  to  the  Church 
opened  a  new  era  in  his  life.  He  abandoned  business 
and  politics,  became  a  Candidate  for  Holy  Orders,  and 
studied  Theology  under  the  direction  of  Bishop  He 
Lancey. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  on  the 
17th  day  of  August,  a.d.  1849,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
William  Heatbcote  He  Lancey,  S.T.H. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Christ  Church,  Sackett's  Harbor, 
on  the  16th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1850,  by  the  same  Pre- 
late. 

He  became  the  Rector  of  Zion  Church,  Rome,  New 
York,  which  position  he  held  for  several  years.  In 
the  spring  of  1857  he  removed  to  Illinois,  where  he 
became  the  Rector  of  The  Church  of  The  Holy  Com- 
munion, Chicago,  which  position  he  occupied  until  his 
elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

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19(3  HENRY  BENJAMIN    WHIPPLE. 

Consecrated  Bisliop  of  Minnesota  in  S.  James' 
Church,  Richmond,  Virginia,  on  the  13th  day  of 
October,  a.d.  1859,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Jackson  Kem- 
per, S.T.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  "William 
Heathcote  Be  Lancey,  S.T.D.,  D.C.L.,  The  Right  Rev. 
JS'icholas  Ilamner  Cobbs,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  George 
Burgess,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Henry  John 
Whitehouse,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Freder- 
ick Scott,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Washington 
Lee,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  March  Clark, 
S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Bowman,  S.T.D. 

Writings. — 1.  A  Sermon  before  The  Convention 
of  the  Diocese  of  Illinois.  2.  Addresses  to  his  Con- 
vention. 3.  Letters  and  papers  on  the  Indian  Problem, 
continued  for  several  years.  4.  Sermon  at  the  Conse- 
cration of  the  first  Bishop  of  Nebraska.  5.  Sermon 
at  the  Consecration  of  the  third  Bishop  of  Wisconsin. 


No.  on. 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

HENRY   CIIAMPLIN   LAY,   S.T.D.,   LL.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Easton,  was  born  in  Richmond, 
Virginia,  on  the  6th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1823. 

He  graduated  at  The  University  of  Virginia,  Char- 
lottesville, A.D.  1842,  and  at  The  Theological  Seminary 
of  Virginia,  Alexandria,  a.d.  1846. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  Alexandria,  on 
the  lOth  day  of  July,  a.d.  1846,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
William  INIeade,  D.D. 

He  served  as  Deacon  for  six  months,  in  Lynnhaveu 
Parish,  Virginia. 

Li  1847  he  removed  to  Huntsville,  Alabama,  and 
took  charge  of  The  Cliurch  of  The  Nativity. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Tlie  Church  of  The  Nativity, 
Huntsville,  on  the  12th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1848,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Nicholas  Ilamner  Cobbs,  D.D. 

He  became  the  Rector  of  The  Church  of  The  Na- 
tivity, and  remained  there  until  his  elevation  to  the 
Episcopate. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  Arkansas  and 
The  Indian  Territory  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Richmond, 
Virginia,  on  the  23d  day  of  October,  a.d.  1859,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  "William  Meade,  D.D.,  assisted  by  The 
Right  Rev.    Charles    Pettit    JklcRvaine,    S.T.D.,    The 

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198  HENRY  CHAMPLIN  LAV. 

Right  Rev.  Leonidas  Polk,  S.T.D.,  Tlie  Right  Rev. 
William  Ileathcote  Do  Lancey,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
William  Rollinson  Whittingliam,  S.T.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  Stephen  Elliott,  Jr.,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Mch- 
olas  Hamner  Cobbs,  D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas 
Atkinson,  S.T.D.  ' 

A.D.  1868. — The  Diocese  of  Maryland  having  been 
divided,  and  a  new  See  created  out  of  "  all  that  part 
lying  east  of  the  Chesapeake  Bay  and  the  Susquehanna 
River,"  with  the  Title  of  The  Diocese  of  Easton,  Bishop 
Lay  was  elected  as  Diocesan  and  translated  to  Easton 
on  the  1st  day  of  April,  a.d.  1869. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Ilobart  College,  Geneva,  ISTew  York,  a.d. 
1857,  and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  The  University 
of  Cambridge,  England,  a.d.  1867. 

Writings.— Sermons  :  1.  Fidelity  to  the  Truth,  1860. 
2.  Missionary  Success,  1866.  3.  Our  Lord,  the  Pattern 
to  Bishops,  1868.  4.  The  Man  of  Business,  two  Ser- 
mons, 1870.  5.  The  Man  of  God,  1869.  6.  The  An- 
glican Church,  and  her  Longings  after  Unity,  1873. 

Miscellaneous. — 1.  Letters  to  a  Man  bewildered 
among  many  Counsellors.  2.  Tracts  for  Missionary 
Use.  3.  Studies  in  The  Church.  4.  The  Lord  and 
His  Basket,  Address  at  the  Missionary  Meeting  in  the 
Tabernacle,  Boston,  1877.  5.  Dry  Earth  in  its  Sanitary 
Applications,  a  paper  in  the  Report  of  The  State  Board 
of  Health  of  Maryland,  1878. 


No.  ro. 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

JOSEPH   CIIUIKSIIANK   TALBOT,   D.D.,   LL.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  Indiana,  was  born  in  Alexan- 
dria, Virginia,  on  tlie  5t]i  day  of  September,  a.d.  1816. 

He  was  educated  in  Pierpont  Academy,  Alexandria, 
and  in  1835  removed  to  Louisville,  Kentucky,  where 
he  was  engaged  in  business  for  several  years. 

He  was  Baptized  in  Christ  Church,  Louisville,  in 
1837,  by  the  Bishop  of  Kentucky,  and  Confirmed  by 
him  during  the  same  year. 

In  1841  he  became  a  Candidate  for  Holy  Orders,  and 
pursued  his  studies  under  the  Bishop's  direction. 

Ordered  Beacon  in  Christ  Church,  Louisville,  on  the 
5th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1846,  by  The  Bight  Rev. 
Benjamin  Bosworth  Smith,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  John's  Church,  Louisville,  on 
the  6th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1848,  by  the  same  Pre- 
late. 

Wliile  in  Deacon's  Orders  he  organized  S.  John's 
Church,  Louisville,  and  upon  his  Ordination  to  the 
Priesthood  became  the  Rector.  lie  remained  in  thnt 
Parish  seven  years.  In  1853  he  removed  to  Indiana 
and  became  the  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Indianapolis, 
where  he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episco- 
pate. 

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200  JOSEPH  CRUIKSHANK  TALBOT. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  Western  University  of  Pennsylvania,  Pittsbnrg, 
A.D.  1854,  and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  The  Uni- 
versity of  Cambridge,  England,  a.d.  1867. 

In  1859  he  was  elected  by  the  House  of  Bishops  as 
Missionary  Bishop  of  the  North- West,  and  the  elec- 
tion was  confirmed  by  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay 
Deputies.  This  was  a  new  jurisdiction,  including  I^e- 
braska,  Dakota,  Wyoming,  Colorado,  New  Mexico, 
Arizona,  Utah,  Montana,  and  Idaho,  covering  nearly 
nine  hundred  thousand  square  miles. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  the  North- West 
in  Christ  Church,  Indianapolis,  on  the  15th  day  of  Feb- 
ruary, A.D.  1860,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Jackson  Kemper, 
S.T.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Bosworth 
Smith,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Cicero  Stephens  Hawks, 
D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  <3eorge  Upfold,  S.T.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  Gregory  Thurston  Bedell,  D.D. 

In  1865  he  was  elected  as  the  Assistant  Bishop  of 
Indiana,  to  which  Diocese  he  was  translated  in  October 
of  that  year. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  Upfold,  a.d.  1872,  he 
became  the  Bishop  of  Indiana. 

Writings. — A  few  single  Sermons,  Addresses  to  his 
Convention,  Pastoral  Letters,  and  fugitive  Articles. 


THE    RIGHT   RKVEREND 

WILLIAM   BACON   STEVENS,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

The  fourth  Bishop  of  Pennsylvania,  was  horn  in  Bath, 
Maine,  on  the  13th  day  of  July,  a,d.  1815. 

After  piu'suing  his  classical  studies  in  Phillips  Acad- 
emy, Andover,  Massachusetts,  his  health  broke  down, 
and  he  was  compelled  to  spend  over  two  years  in 
foreign  travel.  Returning  to  the  United  States,  he 
graduated  Doctor  in  Medicine  at  Dartmouth  College, 
Hanover,  New  Hampshire,  a.d.  1837.  He  subsequently 
received  the  same  Degree  from  The  IVIedical  College 
of  South  Carolina.  He  practised  in  his  Profession 
in  Savannah,  Georgia,  nearly  live  years.  In  1841  he 
received  tlie  appointment  of  Historian  for  the  State  of 
Georgia.  Shortly  afterwards  he  relinquished  his  pro- 
fession and  studied  Theology  under  the  direction  of  the 
Bishop  of  Georgia. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  Savannah,  on  the 
26th  day  of  February,  a.d.  1843,  l)y  The  Right  Rev. 
Stephen  Elliott,  Jr.,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church  on  the  7th  day 
of  January,  a.d.  1844,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

During  his  Diaconate  he  organized  Emmanuel 
Church,  Athens,  Georgia,  and  upon  his  Ordination 
to  the  Priesthood  became  the  Rector  of  the  Parish, 

I*  201 


202  WILLIAM  BACON  STEVENS. 

In  1844  lie  was  elected  Professor  of  Belles-Lettres, 
Oratory  and  Moral  Philosophy  in  The  University  of 
Georgia. 

In  1847  he  was  a  Deputy  to  the  General  Convention 
from  the  Diocese  of  Georgia. 

In  1848  he  removed  to  Pennsylvania,  and  became 
the  Rector  of  S.  Andrew's  Church,  Philadelphia,  where 
he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  University  of  Pennsylvania,  a.d.  1848,  and  that  of 
Doctor  of  Laws  from  Union  College,  Schenectady,  JSTew 
York,  A.D.  1862. 

Consecrated  Assistant  Bishop  of  Pennsylvania  in  S. 
Andrew's  Church,  Philadelphia,  on  the  2d  day  of  Jan- 
uary, A.D.  1862,  by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hop- 
kins, D.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Alonzo 
Potter,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev. ""Horatio  Potter, 
S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  Thomas  March  Clark,  S.T.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  Henry  Washing-ton  Lee,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right 
Rev.  William  Henry  Odenheimer,  D.D. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  Potter,  a.d.  1865,  he  be- 
came the  Bisliop  of  Pennsylvania. 

In  the  year  1865  the  Diocese  was  divided,  and  a 
new  See  formed  in  the  western  portion  of  the  State 
under  the  title  of  The  Diocese  of  Pittsburg.  (See 
No.  78.) 

In  1871  the  Diocese  was  again  divided,  and  another 
See  created  under  the  title  of  The  Diocese  of  Central 
Pennsylvania.     (See  No.  99.) 

In  1868  he  was  appointed  by  the  Presiding  Bishop 
to  take  charge  of  the  American  Episcopal  Churches  on 


WILLIAM  BACON  STEVENS.  203 

the  Continent  of  Europe,  wLicli  position  lie  licld  six 
years. 

"Writings. — 1.  Discourses  before  the  Georgia  His- 
torical Society,  a.d.  1841.  2.  Tract  on  the  History  of 
Silk  Culture  in  Georgia,  1841.  3.  History  of  Georgia, 
from  its  lirst  Discovery  by  the  Europeans  to  the  adop- 
tion of  its  present  Constitution,  in  1797,  2  vols.  8vo., 
1847.  4.  Parables  of  The  New  Testament  practically 
unfolded,  1  vol.  8vo.,  1855.  5.  Consolation,  The  Bow 
in  the  Cloud,  1  vol.  12mo.,  1855.  6.  Home  Service,  1 
vol.  12mo.,  1856.  7.  The  Lord's  Day,  its  Obliga- 
tions and  Blessings,  1  vol.  12mo.,  1857.  8.  The  Past 
and  the  Present  of  S.  Andrew's.     1  vol.  12mo.,  1858. 

9.  Two  Discourses,  September  12th  and  19th,  1858,  8vo. 

10.  A  Charge  to  his  Clergy,  1864,  8vo.  11.  A  Sermon 
preached  in  The  Church  of  The  Holy  Trinity,  Nice, 
France,  December  30th,  1866,  in  behalf  of  The  Society 
for  Propagating  The  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  and  The 
Church  Missionary  Society.  Mce,  a.d.  1867.  12.  A 
Sermon  preached  in  Grace  Church,  Brooklyn,  Long 
Island,  at  the  Consecration  of  The  Eight  Rev.  B.  H. 
Paddock,  D.D.,  September  17th,  a.d.  1873,  8vo.  13. 
A  Sermon  preached  in  Grace  Church,  New  York,  at 
the  Consecration  of  The  Right  Rev.  S.  L  J.  Schercs- 
chewskv',  D.D.,  Missionary  Bishop  to  China.  Novem- 
ber, 1877,  8vo.  Also  a  number  of  occasional  Sermons, 
Essays,  Tracts,  and  Papers  in  various  Periodicals. 

Bishop  Stevens  also  edited,  with  Preface  and  Notes, 
The  Georgia  Historical  Collections,  8vo.,  2  vols.,  1841-2. 


No.  73. 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

RICHARD  HOOKER  WILMER,  D.D. 

The  second  Bisliop  of  Alabama,  was  born  in  Alexan- 
dria, Virginia,  on  the  15tli  day  of  March,  a.d.  1816. 

He  graduated  at  Yale  College,  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, A.D.  1836,  and  at  The  Theological  Seminary 
of  Virginia,  Alexandria,  a.d.  1839. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Monumental  Church,  Rich- 
mond, Virginia,  on  the  31st  day  of  March,  (Easter 
Day,)  A.D.  1839,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Richard  Channing 
Moore,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church  on  the  19th  day 
of  April,  (Easter  Day,)  a.d.  1840,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

From  March,  1839,  to  October,  1843,  he  was  Rector 
of  S.  Paul's  Church,  Goochland  County,  Virginia,  and 
of  S.  John's  Church,  Fluvanna  County.  From  Octo- 
ber, 1843,  until  August,  1844,  he  was  Rector  of  S. 
James'  Church,  Wilmington,  North  Carolina.  From 
October,  1844,  until  May,  1849,  he  had  charge  of  Grace 
and  "WicMiffe  Churches  in  Clarke  County,  Virginia. 
From  January,  1850,  until  1853,  he  had  charge  of  Em- 
manuel Church,  Loudon  County,  Virginia,  and  of 
Trinity  Church,  Fauquier  County,  Virginia.  From 
August,  1853,  until  October,  1858,  he  had  charge  of  S. 

204 


RICHARD   BOOKER    WILMKR.  205 

Stephen's  and  Trinity  Churches,  Bedford  County,  Vir- 
ginia. In  Octoher,  1858,  he  became  the  Rector  of  Em- 
manuel Churcli,  Henrico  County,  Virginia,  where  ho 
remained  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  College  of  William  and  Mary,  Williamsburg, 
Virginia,  a.d.  1859. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Alabama  in  S,  Paul's  Church, 
Richmond,  Virginia,  on  the  6th  day  of  ISIarch,  a.d. 
1862,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William  Meade,  D.D.,  assisted 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Stephen  Elliott,  S.T.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  John  Johns,  S.T.D. 

Writings. — A  few  Sermons,  Addresses  to  his  Con- 
vention, and  Pastoral  Letters. 


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No.  73. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

THOMAS   HUBBARD  VAIL,   S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Kansas,  was  born  in  Richmond, 
Virginia,  of  JSTew  England  parents,  on  the  21st  day 
of  October,  a.d.  1812.  He  was  Baptized  in  the  State 
Capitol  at  Richmond  by  "  Parson  Bnchanan,"  who 
for  many  years  was  the  Assistant  of  Bishop  Moore  in 
The  Monumental  Church.  Upon  the  death  of  his 
father,  a.d.  1817,  his  motlier  returned  to  'New  England. 

He  graduated  at  Washington  (now  Trinity)  College, 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  a.d.  1831,  and  at  The  General 
Theological  Seminary,  New  York,  a.d.  1835. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  8.  Mark's  Church,  'New  Canaan, 
Connecticut,  on  the  29th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1835,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Church  Brownell,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Grace  Church,  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, on  the  6th  day  of  January,  a.d.  1837,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Alexander  Viets  Griswold,  S.T.D. 

During  the  three  months  following  his  ordination  to 
the  Diaconate,  he  officiated  in  S.  James'  Church,  Phila- 
delphia. After  this  he  removed  to  Boston,  and  acted 
temporarily  as  Assistant  to  Dr.  Wainwright,  then  Rec- 
tor of  S.  Paul's  Church.  Under  Dr.  "Wainwright's 
direction  he  went  to  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  and 
organized  All  Saints'  Church. 
206 


THOMAS  HUBBARD    VAIL.  207 

In  1837  at  Easter,  he  became  the  Rector  of  Christ 
Church,  Cambridge.  In  1839  he  removed  to  Connec- 
ticut, and  became  the  Rector  of  S.  John's  Clnirch, 
Essex.  In  1844  he  removed  to  Rhode  Island,  and 
became  tlie  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Westerly,  where 
he  remained  fourteen  years,  during  which  time  he  was 
a  Deputy  to  the  General  Convention  from  the  Diocese 
of  Rhode  Island. 

In  December,  1857,  he  returned  to  Massachusetts, 
and  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Thomas'  Church,  Taun- 
ton. In  November,  1863,  he  removed  to  Iowa  and 
became  the  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Muscatine.  In 
September,  1864,  he  was  elected  Bishop  of  Kansas. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Brown  University,  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  A.D.  1858,  and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from 
The  University  of  Kansas,  a.d.  1875. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Kansas  in  Trinity  Church, 
Muscatine,  Iowa,  on  the  15th  day  of  December,  a.d. 
1864,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Jackson  Kemper,  S.T.D., 
assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Henry  John  Whitehouse, 
S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Washington  Lee, 
S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Gregory  Thurston  Bedell, 
D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Robert  Harper  Clarkson, 
D.D. 

Writings. — 1.  The  Comprehensive  Church.  2.  Life 
of  Lyde,  with  an  edition  of  his  Poems.  3.  Plan  and 
Outline,  with  selections  of  books  under  many  heads, 
of  a  Public  Library  in  Rhode  Island.  4',  Reports  of 
School  Committees  in  Massachusetts.  5.  Sermon  at 
the  Consecration  of  the  Chapel  of  Griswold  College. 
6.  Charges,  Episcopal  Addresses,  Pastoral  Letters,  &c. 


THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 


ARTHUR  CLEVELAND   COXE,    S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  Western  ISTew  York,  was  born 
in  Mendbam,  N'ew  Jersey,  on  tbe  lOtb  day  of  May,  a.d. 
1818. 

He  graduated  at  Tbe  University  of  New  York,  a.d. 
1838,  and  at  Tbe  General  Theological  Seminary,  a.d. 
1841. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Paul's  Cbapel,  I^ew  York,  on 
the  27tb  day  of  June,  a.d.  1841,  l)y  The  Right  Rev. 
Benjamin  Tredwell  Ondcrdonk,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  John's  Church,  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, on  the  25th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1842,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Church  Brownell,  S.T.D. 

Shortly  after  his  Ordination  to  the  Diaconate,  be 
took  charge  of  S.  Ann's  Church,  Morrisania,  West- 
chester County,  New  York,  where  be  remained  until 
Easter  in  tbe  following  year,  when  he  removed  to  Con- 
necticut and  became  the  Rector  of  S.  John's  Church, 
Hartford.  In  1854  he  removed  to  Maryland,  and  be- 
came tbe  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  Baltimore.  In 
1863  be  removed  to  New  York,  and  became  tbe  Rector 
of  Calvary  Church,  New  York  City,  where  be  remained 
until  bis  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 
208 


AnrniR  clevklaxd  coxe.  209 

In  1856,  during  jiis  Rectorship  of  Grace  Church, 
Baltimore,  he  was  elected  to  the  Episcopate  of  Texas 
hut  declined. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
S.  James'  College,  ITagerstown,  Maryland,  a.d,  1856. 
that  of  Sacred  Theology  from  Trinity  College,  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  a.d.  1868,  and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws 
from  Kenyon  College,  Ganibier,  Ohio,  a.d,  1868. 

Consecrated  Assistant  Bisliop  of  Western  New  York 
in  Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  on  the  4th  day  of  January, 
A.D.  1865,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William  Heathcote  De 
Lancey,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  John 
Henry  Hopkins,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel 
Allen  McCoskry,  S.T.D.,  D.C.L.,  The^Right  Rev.  Ho- 
ratio Pottpr,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  William 
Henry  Odenheimer,  D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Joseph 
Cruikshank  Talbot,  D.D. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  De  Lancey,  April  5th,  a.d. 
1865,  he  became  the  Bishop  of  Western  New  York. 

Writings. — Theology  :  1.  Sermons  on  Doctrine  and 
Duty,  Philadelphia,  1855.  2.  Thoughts  on  The  Ser- 
vices, Baltimore,  1859.  (Enlarged  edition,  Philadelphia, 
1860.  Republished  in  England.  About  sixteen  edi- 
tions sold  in  the  United  States.)  3.  The  Criterion, 
New  York,  1866.  (Republished  in  Oxford,  England.) 
4.  Moral  Reforms,  Buffalo,  1869.  5.  Apollos,  or  the 
Wa}'  of  God,  Buffalo,  1871.  (Republished  in  Oxford, 
England,  1874.)  6.  Lectures  on  Prophecy,  Buffalo, 
1871.  7.  Covenant  Prayers,  Buffalo,  1875.  8.  L'Epis- 
copat  de  I'Occident,  Paris,  1874.  9.  Elements  of  Ec- 
clesiography,  (Serial,)  Hartford,  1874.  10.  Absolution 
and  Confession,  New  Haven,  1850. 

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210  ARTHUR   CLEVELAND    COXE. 

Translations,  Works  edited,  &c. — 1.  Bishop  Wil- 
berforce's  "  Eucliaristica,"  edited  and  adapted  to  the 
American  Liturgy,  ISTew  York,  1842.  2.  Hirscher's 
work  on  "  The  Actual  State  of  The  Church,"  transhited 
and  edited,  with  an  Introduction,  Oxford,  1852.  3.  La- 
borde  on  the  Immaculate  Conception,  translated  and 
edited,  Philadelphia,  1855.  4.  Morals  of  Liguori,  by 
Meyrick,  edited,  with  an  Introduction,  Baltimore,  1856. 
5.  Croswell's  Poems,  with  a  Biography,  1860.  6. 
Sherwood's  Stories,  with  Emendations,  1860.  7.  The 
Churchman's  Calendar,  with  an  Ecclesiography,  or 
view  of  The  Catholic  Church,  New  York,  1861,  (en- 
larged and  continued  annually  until  1866).  8.  The 
Papacy,  by  the  Abbe  Guettee,  jSTew  York,  1866.  9. 
Leighton's  Moderate  Episcopacy,  New  York,  1868. 
10.  Bishop  Burgess'  Poems,  with  Critical  Review,  1869. 

Sermons.— 1.  The  Household  of  Faith,  1846.  2. 
Seventy  Years  Since,  1848.  3.  A  City  not  Forsaken, 
1849.  4.  The  Priesthood  and  the  People,  Oxford,  1851. 
5.  The  Faithful  Witness,  1852.  6.  The  New  Dogma 
of  Rome,  1855.  7.  Counsels  of  Unity,  1856.  8.  Truth 
and  our  Times,  1863.  9.  The  Mocking  of  Ishmael, 
1863.  10.  The  Liturgy  of  Heaven,  1864.  11.  The 
Ministry,  1864.  12.  The  Restoration  of  Unity,  1865. 
13.  A  Father  in  Christ,  1865.  14.  Scriptural  Bishop- 
rics, 1866.  15.  The  Choice  of  a  Bishop,  1868.  16. 
Practical  Wisdom,  1868.  17.  The  Death  of  Bishoi) 
Burgess,  1869.  18.  The  Corporate  Witness,  1874. 
19.  The  Anglican  Cathedral,  Canada,  1875.  20.  The 
Russian  War,  1877. 

Pamphlets. — 1.  Revivalism  in  The  Church,  1843.  2. 
Letter  to  the  Bishop  of  Arras,  (French,)  Oxford,  1856. 


ARTHUR    CLEVELAND   COXE.  211 

3.  Apology  for  the  English  Bible,  1857.  Note, — This 
pamphlet  went  through  three  editions  and  accomi)li8hed 
its  purpose,  the  suppression  of  The  American  Bible 
Society's  new  Bibles.  4.  Mixed  Societies,  1857.  5. 
Fixed  Principles,  1859.  6.  Three  Tracts,  1859.  7. 
Address  of  Christian  Unity  Society,  1864.  8.  Letter 
to  Pius  the  Ninth,  1869.  Note. — This  letter  was  re- 
published in  Europe,  in  French,  German,  Modern 
Greek,  l>ohemian,  and  Italian.  Circuhitcd  by  The 
Anglo-Continental  Society,  and  twice  republished  in 
England.  9.  Tracts  No.  XF^.,  XV.,  XVI.  of  Parker's 
Series,  Oxford,  1850.  10.  Catholics  and  Roman  Cath- 
olics, 1874.  11.  Episcopal  Addresses,  Conferences, 
Charges,  Pastoral  Letters,  Special  Services,  &c. 

General  Literature. — 1.  Impressions  of  England, 
1855.     2.  Contributions  to  Periodical  Literature,  viz. : 

I.  Modern  English  Poetry,  Repository,  1839.  2.  Cow- 
per's  Poetry,  Repositor}'-,  1839.  3.  Devotional  Poetry, 
New  York  Review,  1839.  4.  Cave  of  the  Regicides, 
Blackwood's,  1847.  5.  European  Revolutions,  Black- 
wood's,   1848.     6.  Route   into- Canada,  Blaclcwood's, 

1848.  7.  Foreign  Conservatism,  Blackwood's,  1849. 
8.  Schools  in  American  Literature,   Church  Review, 

1849.  9.  The  New  Tlegira,  Churcli  Review,  1849. 
10.  Writings   of  Hawthorne,    Church   Review,   1.S51. 

II.  Religion  for  The  Republic  (Four  Papers),  Churcli 
-Re\iew,l853. 

Letters,  Lectures,  &c. — 1.  Letter  on  Dr.  Muhlen- 
berg's Memorial,  1856.  2.  Memorial  of  Carey  and 
Patterson,  1858.     3.  Letter  to   Father  Nestor,  1865. 

4.  Exposition  of  The   General    Convention  of  1865. 

5.  The  Moravian  Episcopate,  1866.     6.  Speech  at  To- 


212  ARTHUR    CLEVELAND    COXE. 

ronto,  1866.  7.  Signs  of  the  Times  (Four  Lectures), 
1869.  8.  Contribution  to  The  Church  and  The  Age, 
London,  1872,  9.  Contribution  to  "  Union  Chretienne," 
Paris,  1872.  10.  Contribution  to  "Kew  Englander," 
1874.     11.  Contribution  to  "  Princeton  Review,"  1878. 

Poems. — 1.  Advent,  a  Mystery,  1837.  2.  Athwold, 
(Three  Cantos,)  1838.  3.  Christian  Bahads,  1840.  4. 
Athanasion,  1840.  5.  Athanasion,  and  other  Poems, 
1842.  6.  Halloween,  1844,  (privately  printed  in  1842). 
7.  Saul,  a  Mystery,  1845.  8.  The  Ladye  Chace,  1877, 
an  improved  and  enlarged  edition  of  "  Athwold,"  after 
its  suppression  for  forty  years. 

Bishop  Coxe's  "  Christian  Ballads"  were  republished 
in  England  in  1849,  and  "  revised  editions"  have 
appeared  and  re-appeared  in  England  and  America  in 
constant  succession. 

N'oTE. — In  1851  while  Rector  of  S.  John's  Church, 
Hartford,  he  made  the  tour  of  Europe.  Li  1869  he 
wxnt  again,  and  again  in  June,  1870.  Li  1872  the 
charge  of  "  The  Churches  in  Haiti"  was  committed 
to  him,  and  in  I^ovember  of  that  year  he  went  out  to 
attend  to  the  organization  of  the  Churches  there.  Li 
Port-au-Prince  he  Consecrated  the  Church  of  The 
Holy  Trinity,  (built  in  memory  of  Bishop  Burgess,) 
Ordained  six  Priests  and  live  Deacons,  held  a  Convo- 
cation, and  administered  Confirmation.  On  his  return 
he  visited  Jamaica,  and  othciated  there.  This  work 
was  in  the  charge  of  Bishop  Coxe  until  the  Consecra- 
tion of  Bishop  Holly,  a.d.  1874. 


ISTo.  73. 
THE    RK.IIT    RKVEREND 

CHARLES   TODD   QUINTARD,   S.T.D.,   LL.D. 

The  second  Bisliop  of  Teinu'ssce,  was  born  in  Stam- 
ford, Connecticut,  on  the  22d  day  of  December,  a.d. 
1824. 

He  graduated  at  The  University  of  ^ew  York,  as 
Doctor  of  Medicine,  a.d.  1846. 

In  1847  he  was  appointed  Physician  of  The  ISTew 
York  Dispensary,  and  in  1851  Professor  of  Pliysi- 
ology  and  Anatomy  in  the  Medical  College,  Memphis, 
Tennessee.  Shortly  after  his  removal  to  Tennessee  he 
relinquished  his  Profession,  and  began  the  study  of 
Theology. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Calvary  Church,  Memphis,  Ten- 
nessee, on  the  1st  day  of  January,  a.d.  1855,  by  The 
Eight  Rev.  James  ITervey  Otey,  S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church  on  the  6th  day 
of  January,  a.d.  1856,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

In  1858  he  became  the  Rector  of  The  Church  of  The 
Advent,  IN'ashville,  Tennessee.  During  the  Civil  War 
he  was  a  Chaplain  in  the  Confederate  Army. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Tennessee  in  S.  Luke's 
Church,  Philadelphia,  on  the  11th  day  of  October, 
a.d.  1865,  by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hopkins, 
D.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  George  Bur- 

213 


214  CHARLES   TODD    qUINTARD. 

gess,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Gregory  Thurston 
Bedell,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  William  "lleiuy  Oden- 
heimer,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  William  Bacon  Stevens, 
D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Arthur  Cleveland  Coxe, 
S.T.D.,  together  with  The  Right  Rev.  Francis  Fulford, 
D.D.,  Bishop  of  Montreal,  Canada,  and  Metropolitan. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  18G6, 
and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  The  University  of 
Cambridge,  England,  a.d.  1867. 

Writings. — 1.  A  Plain  Tract  on  Confirmation.  2. 
A  Preparation  for  Confirmation,  occasional  Sermons, 
Addresses  to  his  Convention,  and  Pastoral  Letters.  In 
his  early  life  he  was  a  constant  contributor  to  Medical 
journals. 


N"o.  7G, 
THE   RIGHT   REA'EREND 

ROBERT   HARPER   CLARKSON,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  i^ebraska,  was  born  in  Gettysburg, 
Pennsylvania,  on  the  19th  clay  of  November,  a.d.  1826. 

He  graduated  at  Pennsylvania  College,  Gettysburg, 
A.D.  1844,  and  at  S.  James'  College,  Hagerstown,  Mary- 
land, A.D.  1848. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  College  Chapel,  Hagerstown, 
on  the  18th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1848,  by  The  Right  Eev. 
AVilliam  Rollinson  Whittingham,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  The  Chapel  of  Jubilee  College, 
Illinois,  on  the  5th  day  of  January,  a.d.  1851,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Philander  Chase,  S.T.D. ,  LL.D. 

He  became  the  Rector  of  S.  James'  Church,  Chicago, 
Illinois,  A.D.  1849,  where  he  remained  until  his  elevation 
to  the  Episcopate. 

He  was  a  Deputy  to  the  General  Convention  from 
the  Diocese  of  Plinois  during  a  period  of  fifteen  years, 
and  at  the  time  of  his  election  to  the  Episcopate  was 
the  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  House  of  Clerical  and 
Lay  DcjDuties. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  Nebraska  and 
Dakota  in  S.  James'  Church,  Chicago,  on  the  15th 
day  of  November,  a.d.  1865,  l)y  The  Right  Rev.  John 

215 


216  ROBERT  HARPER   CLARKSON. 

Henry  Hopkins,  D.D,,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Jackson  Kemper,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel 
Allen  McCoskry,  S.T.D.,  D.C.L.,  The  Right  Rev.  Henry 
Washington  Lee,  vS.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Ben- 
jamin Whipple,  D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Joseph 
Cruikshank  Talbot,  D.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
Racine  College,  a.d.  1857,  and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws 
from  The  University  of  Nebraska,  a.d.  1872. 

Li  1870  he  became  the  Bishop  of  Nebraska,  retain- 
ing his  jurisdiction  in  Dakota  as  Missionary  Bishop. 

Writings. — 1.  Sermon — "  Shall  this  House  lie 
Waste  ?"  1850.  2.  Sermon—"  Consider  the  Years," 
1859.  3.  Sermon—"  Wliat  am  I  that  I  should  with- 
stand God  ?"  1855.  4.  A  Memorial  Sketch  of  Bishop 
"Wliite,  1876.  5.  A  Paper  before  The  Historical  Society 
of  Chicago,  in  memoriam,  W.  B.  Ogden,  Esq.,  1877. 


No.  -77, 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

GEORGE   MAXWELL  RANDALL,  S.T.D. 

The  first  Missionary  Bishop  of  Colorado,  with  juris- 
diction in  adjacent  Territories,  was  born  in  "Warren, 
Rhode  Island,  on  the  23d  day  of  November,  a.d.  1810. 

He  graduated  at  Brown  University,  Providence, 
Eliode  Island,  a.d.  1835,  and  at  The  General  Theolo- 
gical Seminary,  IS^ew  York,  a.d.  1838. 

Ordered  Beacon  in  S.  Mark's  Church,  TVarren, 
Rhode  Island,  on  the  17th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1838,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Alexander  Viets  Griswold,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  place  on  the  2d  day  of 
November,  a.d.  1839,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

His  first  pastoral  work  was  as  the  Rector  of  The 
Church  of  The  Ascension,  Fall  River,  Massachusetts. 
In  1844  he  removed  to  Boston,  and  became  the  Rector 
of  The  Church  of  The  Messiah,  which  position  he 
occupied  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Brown  University,  a.d.  1856. 

He  was  a  Deputy  from  the  Diocese  of  Massachusetts 
to  the  General  Convention,  from  1850  to  18G5,  inclu- 
sive. In  1862  he  was  chosen  as  the  Secretary  to  the 
House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies,  and   again   in 

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218  GEORGE  MAXWELL   RANDALL. 

1865.  lie  had  previously  been  tlie  Assistant  Secre- 
tary. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  Colorado  in 
Trinity  Church,  Boston,  on  the  28th  day  of  December, 
A.D.  1865,  by  The  Right  Eev.  John  Henry  Hopkins, 
D.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin 
Bosworth  Smith,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Manton 
Eastburn,  S.  T.B.,  The  Right  Rev.  Carlton  Chase, 
D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  March  Clark,  S.T.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Hubbard  Yail,  S.T.D.,  to- 
gether with  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  ISTettleship  Staley, 
D.D.,  the  Bishop  of  Honolulu,  in  the  Sandwich  Islands. 

Bishop  Randall  died  in  Denver,  Colorado,  on  the 
28th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1873,  and  was  buried  in 
Warren,  Rhode  Island. 

Writings. — Sermons,  Essays,  Addresses,  Lectures, 
Articles  for  ISTewspapers  and  Reviews,  and  Editorials 
in  The  Christian  Witness  and  Church  Advocate,  of 
which  paper  he  was  Chief  Editor  for  many  years.  A 
little  Tract,  "  Why  I  am  a  Churchman,"  written  by 
him,  has  passed  to  its  ninety-fourth  edition. 

Note. — While  he  was  a  Student  in  The  General  The- 
ological Seminary,  with  some  of  his  fellow-students  he 
gathered  a  few  children  in  an  old  building,  and  started 
a  Sunday-school.  A  lot  of  land  was  leased,  and  a 
small  wooden  Chapel  built.  From  this  beginning 
sprang  "  Calvary  Church,"  New  York. 


No.  78. 
THE   RIGHT    REVEREND 

JOHN   BARRETT   KERFOOT,  S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

The  first  Bisliop  of  Pittsburg,  was  born  in  Dublin, 
Ireland,  on  the  1st  day  of  March,  a.d.  181G. 

He  was  brought  to  the  United  States  in  1819,  and 
settled  at  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania. 

He  graduated  at  Flushing  Institute,  (afterwards  S. 
Paul's  College,)  at  Flushing,  Long  Island,  a.d.  1834. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  George's  Church,  Flushing, 
on  the  1st  day  of  March,  a.d.  1837,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Benjamin  Tredwell  Onderdonk,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church  on  the  1st  day 
of  March,  a.d.  1840,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  was  Assistant  Professor  of  Latin  and  Greek,  and 
Chaplain  in  S.  Paul's  College,  from  1837  until  1842, 
when  he  removed  to  ISIaryland  and  became  the  Rector 
of  S.  James'  College,  Hagerstown,  where  he  remained 
until  1864,  when  he  was  chosen  President  of  Trinity 
College,  Hartford,  Connecticut.  Two  years  later  he 
was  elected  as  the  first  Bishop  of  Pittsburg,  a  new  See 
which  had  been  created  in  the  western  portion  of  the 
Diocese  of  Pennsylvania,  a.d.  1865. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1850, 
and  from  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Connecticut,  a.d. 

219 


220  JOHN  BARRETT  KERFOOT. 

1865.  The  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  was  conferred 
upon  him  by  The  University  of  Cambridge,  England, 
A.D.  1867. 

Consecrated  Bisliop  of  Pittsburg  in  Trinity  Church, 
Pittsburg,  on  the  25th  day  of  January,  a.d.  1866,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hopkins,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Charles  Pettit  McHvaine, 
S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Wm.  Rollinson  Wliit- 
tingham,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  John  Wil- 
liams, S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Joseph  Cruik- 
shank  Talbot,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Arthur 
Cleveland  Coxe,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  and  ^The  Right  Rev. 
Robert  Harper  Clarkson,  D.D. 

Writings. — 1.  Several  Sermons  preached  in  The 
Chapel  of  The  College  of  S.  James,  and  at  Convoca- 
tions in  Maryland.  2.  Lecture  on  the  Inspiration  of 
The  Holy  Scriptures,  delivered  in  the  Course  of  Lec- 
tures on  the  Evidences  of  Christianity,  Philadelphia, 
1853-4.  3.  Liauguration  Address  as  President  of 
Trinity  College.  4.  Convention  Addresses  and  Charges, 
as  Bishop  of  Pittsburg.  5.  Semi-Centennial  Sermon 
before  the  Board  of  Missions,  a.d.  1871.  6.  Sermon 
preached    at   the   Consecration  of  Bishop  Armitage, 

1866.  7.  Sermon  preached  at  the  Consecration  of 
Bishop  Pinkney,  1870. 

Note. — The  Diocese  of  Pittsburg,  containing  "  all 
that  part  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  lying  west  of 
the  eastern  line  of  the  Counties  of  McKean,  Cameron, 
Clearfield,  Cambria,  and  Somerset,"  was  created  in 
1865  by  the  action  of  the  Diocese  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  confirmed  by  the  General  Convention,  as  pro- 
vided by  Canon,  in  October  of  the  same  year. 


No.  79. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

CIIANNING  MOORE   WILLIAMS,  S.T.D. 

The  first  Missionary  Bishop  of  Yedo,  with  jurisdiction 
in  Japan,  was  born  in  Richmond,  Virginia,  on  the  18th 
day  of  July,  a.d.  1829. 

He  graduated  at  The  College  of  William  and  Mary, 
"Williamsburg,  Virginia,  a.d.  1853,  and  at  The  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  Virginia,  Alexandria,  a.d.  1855. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Alexandria, 
on  the  1st  day  of  July,  a.d.  1855,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
William  Meade,  D.D. 

In  November,  1855,  he  sailed  for  China  as  a  Mis- 
sionary under  the  direction  of  Bishop  Boone. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  Mission  Chapel,  Shanghai, 
China,  on  the  11th  day  of  January,  a.d.  1857,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  William  Jones  Boone,  D.D. 

At  the  request  of  the  Foreign  Committee  of  the 
Board  of  Missions,  he  was  shortly  afterward  transferred 
to  Japan. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  to  China,  with  juris- 
diction in  Japan,  in  S.  John's  Chapel,  ISTew  York,  on 
the  3d  day  of  October,  a.d.  18G6,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Henry  Hopkins,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The 
Right  Rev." Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D. ,  The  Right  Rev.  John 

in*  221 


222  CHANNING   MOORE    WILLIAMS. 

Johns,  S.T.D.,  The  Eight  Rev.  John  Payne,  D.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  and  The 
Right  Rev.  Henry  Benjamin  Whipple,  D.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  Tlie- 
ology  fi'om  Columhia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1867. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  General  Convention  in  1874 
Bishop  Williams  was  relieved  of  the  China  Mission, 
and  his  title  changed  to  that  of  Missionary  Bishop  of 
Yedo,  with  jurisdiction  in  Japan. 


IN-o.  SO. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

JOSEPH   PERE   BELL  WILMEK,  D.D. 

The  second  Bisliop  of  Louisiana,  was  born  in  Swedes- 
borough,  ^ew  Jersey,  on  the  11th  day  of  February, 
A.i).  1812. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Alexandria, 
Virginia,  on  the  10th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1834,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Richard  Channing  Moore,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Petersburg, 
Virginia,  in  May,  a.d.  1838,  by  the  same  Prelate.  The 
day  of  the  month  is  not  known. 

From  1834  to  1838  he  was  settled  in  S.  Anne's  Parish, 
Albemarle,  A^irginia,  after  which  he  became  the  Chap- 
lain of  The  University  of  Virginia,  at  Charlottesville. 
In  1839  he  was  appointed  Chaplain  in  the  United 
States  Army.  In  1843  he  resigned,  and  took  charge 
of  Ilungar's  Parish,  Northampton  County,  Virginia, 
after  which  he  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Paul's  Church, 
Goochland  County.  In  1848  he  removed  to  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Mark's  Church, 
Philadelphia,  which  position  he  held  until  the  break- 
ino-  out  of  the  Civil  War,  when  he  retired  to  his  own 
estate  in  Virginia,  Avhere  he  remained  until  his  eleva- 
tion to  the  Episcopate. 

223 


22-4  JOSEPH  PERE  BELL    WILMER. 

He  received  tlie  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
Union  College,  Sclienectacly,  New  York,  a.d.  1857. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Louisiana  in  Christ  Church, 
New  Orleans,  on  the  7th  day  of  Novemher,  a.d.  1866, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hopkins,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  "William  Mercer  Green, 
D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Richard  Hooker  Wilmer,  D.D., 
and  The  Right  Rev.  Charles  Todd  Quintard,  S.T.D. 

Writings. — Occasional  Sermons,  Episcopal  Ad- 
dresses, and  Pastoral  Letters. 


No.  SI. 
THE   RIGUT   REVEREND 

GEORGE   DAVID   CUMMINS,  S.T.D. 

Assistant  Bishop  of  Kentucky,  was  born  in  Kent 
County,  Delaware,  on  the  11th  day  of  December,  a.d. 
1822. 

He  graduated  at  Dickinson  College,  Carlisle,  Penn- 
sylvania, A.D.  1841. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Andrew's  Church,  Wilming- 
ton, Delaware,  on  the  26th  day  of  October,  a.d,  1845, 
by  The  Eight  Rev.  Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church  on  the  6th  day 
of  July,  A.D.  1847,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  was  successively  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  l!Tor- 
folk,  Virginia,  S.  James'  Church,  Richmond,  Virginia, 
Trinity  Church,  Washington,  District  of  Columbia,  S. 
Peter's  Cliurch,  Baltimore,  Maryland,  and  Trinity 
Church,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  The  College  of  New  Jersey,  Princeton, 
A.D^  1857. 

Consecrated  Assistant  Bishop  of  Kentucky  in  Christ 
Church,  Louisville,  on  the  15th  day  of  N^ovember,  a.d. 
1866,  by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hopldns,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Bosworth 

K*  225 


226  GEORGE  DAVID    CUMMINS. 

Smitli,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Washington 
Lee,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Joseph  Cruikshank  Tal- 
bot, D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Charles  Todd  Quintard, 
S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Robert  Harper  Clarkson,  D.D., 
and  The  Right  Rev.  John  Barrett  Kerfoot,  S.T.D. 

In  November,  1873,  he  sent  a  letter  to  the  Presiding 
Bishop  resigning  his  office  and  withdrawing  from  the 
Church. 

In  December,  1873,  he  held  in  New  York,  a  meeting 
preliminary  to  the  founding  of  the  Schismatic  body 
now  known  by  the  name  of  The  Reformed  Episcopal 
Church. 

He  was  formally  Deposed  by  The  Right  Rev.  Ben- 
jamin Bosworth  Smith,  S.T.D.,  LL  D.,  on  the  24th 
day  of  June,  a.d.  1874. 

He  died  at  Lutherville,  Baltimore  County,  Maryland, 
on  the  26th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1876. 


No.  82. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

WILLIAM   EDMOND  ARMITAGE,  S.T.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  Wisconsin,  was  born  in  the  City 
of  Xew  York  on  the  6th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1830. 

He  graduated  at  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d. 
1849,  and  at  The  General- Theological  Seminary,  a.d. 
1852. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Church  of  The  Transfiffura- 
tion,  New  York,  on  the  27th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1852, 
by  The  Right  Eev.  Carlton  Chase,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Mark's  Church,  Augusta, 
Maine,  on  the  27th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1854,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  George  Burgess,  S.T.D. 

He  was  the  Assistant  Minister  at  S.  John's  Church, 
Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  then  Rector  of  S.  Mark's 
Church,  Augusta,  Maine,  after  which  he  became  the 
Rector  of  S.  John's  Church,  Detroit,  Michigan,  where 
he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1866. 

Consecrated  Assistant  Bishop  of  "Wisconsin  in  S. 
John's  Church,  Detroit,  Michigan,  on  the  6th  day  of 
December,  a.d.  1866,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Jackson  Kem- 
per, S.T.D. ,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Allen 

227 


228  WILLIAM  EDMOND  ARMITAGE. 

McCoskrj,  S.T.D.,  D.C.L.,  The  Eight  Rev.  Henry 
Washington  Lee,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Ben- 
jamin Whipple,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Joseph  Cruik- 
Bhank  Talbot,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Arthur  Cleveland 
Coxe,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Robert  Harper  Clark- 
son,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  John  Barrett  Kerfoot,  S.T.D., 
and  The  Right  Rev,  George  David  Cummins,  S.T.D., 
together  with  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Cronyn,  D.D., 
the  Bishop  of  Huron,  Canada. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  Kemper,  a.d.  1870,  he 
became  the  Bishop  of  Wisconsin. 

Bishop  Armitage  died  in  S.  Luke's  Hospital,  New 
York,  on  the  7th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1873,  and  was 
buried  at  Detroit,  Michigan. 


ISTo.  83. 

THE   RIGHT  REVEREND 

HENRY  ADAMS  NEELY,   S.T.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  jNIainc,  was  born  in  Faj'ctteville, 
Onondaga  County,  Kew  York,  on  the  14th  day  of  May, 
A.D.  1830. 

He  graduated  at  Geneva  (now  Ilobart)  College, 
Geneva,  New  York,  a.d.  1849,  and  was  Tutor  in  the 
same  College  from  1850  to  1852. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  on  the 
19th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1852,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
William  Ileathcote  De  Lancey,  S.T.D.,  D.C.L. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Trinity  Church,  Utica,  'New  York, 
on  the  18th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1854,  by  the  same  Pre- 
late. 

He  was  Rector  of  Calvary  Church,  Utica,  1853-55, 
Christ  Church,  Rochester,  from  October,  1855,  to  Octo- 
ber, 18G2,  Chaplain  of  Ilobart  College  from  October, 
1862,  to  October,  1864.  "  Removed  to  New  York  and 
became  an  Assistant  Minister  in  Trinity  Church  with 
charge  of  Trinity  Chapel,  where  he  remained  until  his 
elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Hobart  College,  a.d.  1866. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Maine  in  Trinity  Chapel,  New 

20  229 


230  HENRY  ADAMS  NEELY.      . 

York,  on  the  25tli  day  of  January,  a.d.  1867,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hopkins,  D.D.,LL.D.,  assisted 
by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Williams,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  William  Henry  Odenheimer,  D.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  Robert  Harper  Clarkson,  D.D.,  and  The  Right 
Rev.  George  Maxwell  Randall,  S.T.D. 

Upon  his  removal  to  Maine  he  became  the  Rector 
of  S.  Luke's  Church,  Portland.  S.  Luke's  became  the 
Cathedral  Parish  of  the  Diocese,  and  a  proper  Cathe- 
dral Church  erected,  which  was  Consecrated  on  The 
Feast  of  S.  Luke,  October  18th,  1877. 

Writings. — A  few  occasional  Sermons,  Addresses 
to  his  Convention,  and  Papers  in  Periodicals. 


No.  84. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

DANIEL   SYLVESTER  TDTTLE,   S.T.D. 

Missionary  Bisliop  of  Montana,  Idaho,  and  IJtali,  was 
born  in  Windham,  Greene  County,  New  York,  on  the 
26th  day  of  January,  a.d.  1837. 

He  graduated  at  CoUimbia  College,  New  York,  a.p. 
1857,  and  at  The  General  Theological  Seminary,  a.d. 

1862. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Church  of  The  Transfigu- 
ration, New  York,  on  the  29th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1862, 
by  The  Eight  Rev.  Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D.,  LL.D., 
D.C.L. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Zion  Church,  Morris,  Otsego 
County,  New  York,  on  the  19th  day  of  July,  a.d. 
1863,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  went  to  Morris  while  in  Deacon's  Orders  as  the 
Assistant  Minister,  and  upon  the  death  of  the  Rector 
he  became  the  Rector  of  the  Parish,  and  remained  there 
until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1866. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  Montana,  Idaho, 
and  IJtah,  in  Trinity  Chapel,  New  York,  on  the  1st 
day  of  May,  a.d.  1867,  by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Henry 

231 


232  DANIEL  SYLVESTER    TUTTLE. 

Hopkins,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Eight  Rev, 
Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  D.C.L.,  The  Right  Rev. 
■William  Henry  Odenheimer,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
George  Maxwell  Randall,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Barrett  Kerfoot,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev. 
Henry  Adams  Neely,  S.T.D. 


No.  85. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

JOHN   FREEMAN  YOUNG,    S.T.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  Florida,  was  born  in  Pittston, 
Kennebec  County,  Maine,  on  tbe  30th  day  of  October, 
A.D.  1820. 

He  was  a  student  in  the  Wesleyan  Seminary,  Read- 
field,  Maine,  and  subsequently  entered  the  Wesleyan 
University  in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  where  he  be- 
came a  convert  to  the  Church.  He  removed  to  Virginia, 
and  entered  the  Theological  Seminary  of  Virginia, 
near  Alexandria,  where  he  graduated  a.d.  1845. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Michael's  Church,  Bristol, 
Rhode  Island,  on  the  26th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1845, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Prentiss  Kewley  Henshaw, 
D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  John's  Church,  Tallahassee, 
Florida,  on  the  11th  day  of  January,  a.d.  1846,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Stephen  Elliott,  Jr.,  D.D. 

Shortly  after  his  Ordination  to  the  Diaconate  he 
removed  to  Florida,  and  upon  his  Ordination  to  the 
Priesthood  he  became  the  Rector  of  S.  John's  Church, 
Jacksonville.  In  December,  1846,  he  removed  to 
Texas,  and  was  engaged  in  Missionary  work  in  Bra- 

20*  233 


234  JOHN  FREEMAN  YOUNG. 

zoria  County  until  ISTovember,  1850.  He  was  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  Convention  which  met  in  1848,  for  the 
organization  of  the  Diocese  of  Texas.  In  November, 
1850,  he  removed  to  Mississippi,  and  settled  in  Living- 
ston, Madison  County.  In  1852  he  removed  to  Louis- 
iana, and  settled  at  ISTapoleonville,  Assumption  Parish. 
Subsequently  he  removed  to  New  York  City,  and  be- 
came an  Assistant  Minister  in  Trinity  Parish,  where 
he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  was  the  Secretary  of  the  Russo-Greek  Commit- 
tee, and  Editor  of  the  papers  issued  by  that  Committee. 
In  1864  lie  visited  Russia  for  the  purpose  of  advancing 
the  movement  towards  a  restoration  of  inter-com- 
munion with  the  Eastern  Church. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1865. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Florida  in  Trinity  Church, 
New  York,  on  the  25th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1867,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  John  Henry  Hopkins,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted 
by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Payne,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
Alexander  Gregg,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  William 
Henry  Odenheimer,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Richard 
Hooker  Wilmer,  D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  George 
David  Cummins,  S.T.D. 

Wkitings. — Occasional  Sermons,  Addresses  to  his 
Convention,  and  a  Devotional  Manual  for  Candidates 
for  Confirmation,  He  also  edited  "  Hymns  and  Music 
for  the  Young,"  in  two  volumes,  which  passed  through 
several  editions. 


ISTo.  86. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

JOHN  WATRODS  BECKWITII,  S.T.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  Georgia,  was  born  in  Raleigh, 
North  Carolina,  on  the  9th  day  of  Febrnary,  a.d.  1831. 

He  graduated  at  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Connec- 
ticut, A.D.  1852. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  James'  Church,  Wilming-ton, 
North  Carolina,  on  the  24th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1854,  by 
The  Eight  Rev.  Thomas  Atkinson,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Emmanuel  Church,  Warrenton, 
North  Carolina,  on  the  20th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1855,  by 
the  same  Prelate. 

His  first  Pastoral  work  was  in  Calvary  Church, 
Wadesboro',  North  Carolina.  He  removed  to  IMary- 
laud,  and  became  the  Rector  of  All-Hallows  Parish, 
Anne  Arundel  County. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War  he  removed  to 
Mississippi,  and  was  made  the  Rector  of  All-Hallows' 
Church,  Washington  County.  Removing  to  Alabama, 
he  became  the  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Dcmopolis. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  he  removed  to  Louisiana, 
and  became  the  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New  Or- 
leans, where  he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the 
Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 

235 


236  JOHN   WATEOUS  BECK  WITH. 

ology  from  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
A.D.  1868,  and  that  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from  The 
University  of  Georgia  during  the  same  year. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Georgia  in  S.  John's  Church, 
Savannah,  on  the  2d  day  of  April,  a.d.  1868,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  "William  Mercer  Green,  D.D.,  assisted  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Atkinson,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  Richard  Hooker  Wilmer,  D.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  John  Pere  Bell  Wilmer,  D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Freeman  Young,  S.T.D. 

Writings. — 1.  Convention  Addresses.  2.  Lenten 
Charges.  3.  Occasional  Sermons.  4.  Two  Contro- 
versial Pamphlets. 


No.  sr. 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

FRANCIS   McNEECE   WHITTLE,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

The  fifth  Bishop  of  Virginia,  was  born  in  Mecklen- 
burg County,  Aarginia,  on  the  7th  day  of  July,  a.d. 
1823. 

He  graduated  at  The  Theological  Seminary  of  A^ir- 
ginia,  Alexandria,  a.d.  1847. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Alexandria, 
on  the  16th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1847,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
William  Meade,  D.D.  " 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  John's  Church,  Charleston, 
Virginia,  on  the  8th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1848,  by  the 
same  Prelate. 

In  October,  1847,  he  became  the  Rector  of  Kanawlia 
Parish,  Kanawha  County,  Virginia. 

In  October,  1849,  he  became  the  Rector  of  S.  James' 
Church,  l^ortham  Parish,  Goochland  County,  Virginia. 

In  October,  1852,  he  became  the  Rector  of  Grace 
Church,  Berry\dlle,  Virginia. 

In  October,  1857,  he  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Paul's 
Church,  Louisville,  Kentucky,  Avhich  position  he  held 
until  April,  a.d.  1868. 

At  the  Council  of  the  Diocese  of  A^irginia,  Alay  17th, 
A.D.  1867,  he  was  elected  Assistant  Bishop. 

237 


238  FRANCIS  M'NEECE    WHITTLE. 

Consecrated  Assistant  Bishop  of  Virginia  in  S.  Paul's 
Church,  Alexandria,  Virginia,  on  the  30th  day  of  April, 
A.D.  1868,  by  The  Right  Eev.  John  Johns,  S.T.D., 
LL.K,  assisted  by  The  Eight  Rev.  Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D., 
and  The  Right  Rev.  Gregory  Thurston  Bedell,  D.D., 
LL.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  Theological  Seminary  of  Ohio,  a.d.  1867,  and  that 
of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  The  College  of  William  and 
Mary,  a.d.  1873. 

Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  Johns,  April  5th,  a.d. 
1876,  he  became  the  Bishop  of  Virginia. 

In  1877  the  State  known  as  West  Virginia  was 
erected  into  a  new  Diocese,  entitled  The  Diocese  of 
West  Virginia. 


No.  &&. 
THE  RIGHT   REVEREND 

WILLIAM  HENRY  AUGUSTUS  BISSELL,   D.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  Vermont,  was  born  in  Ean- 
dolph,  Vermont,  on  the  10th  day  of  I^Tovember,  a.d. 
1814. 

He  graduated  at  The  University  of  Vermont,  Bur- 
lington, A.D.  1836. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Calvary  Church,  Xew  York,  on 
the  29th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1839,  by  The  Eight 
Rev.  Benjamin  Tredwell  Onderdonk,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Christ  Church,  Troy,  New  York, 
on  the  2d  day  of  August,  a.d.  1840,  by  the  same  Pre- 
late. 

He  was  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  West  Troy,  K'ew 
York,  from  1841  to  1845,  of  Grace  Church,  Lyons,  ISTew 
York,  from  1845  to  1848,  and  of  Trinity  Church,  Ge- 
neva, l^ew  York,  from  1848  until  his  elevation  to  the 
Episcopate. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Vermont  in  Christ  Church, 
Montpelier,  Vermont,  on  the  3d  day  of  June,  a.d.  1868, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  as- 
sisted by  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Allen  McCoskry, 
S.T.D.,  D.C.L.,  The  Right  Rev.  John  Williams,  S.T.D., 

239 


240  WILLIAM  HENRY  AUGUSTUS  BISSELL. 

The  Eight  Rev.  Arthur  Cleveland  Coxe,  S.T.D.,  and 
The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Adams  Neely,  S.T.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  Norwich  University,  Vermont,  a.d.  1852,  from 
Hobart  College,  a.d.  1868,  and  from  The  University 
of  Vermont,  a.d.  1876. 


No.  so. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

CHARLES  FRANKLIN   ROBERTSON,   S.T.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  Missouri,  was  bom  in  the  City 
of  New  York  on  the  2d  day  of  March,  a.d.  1835. 

He  graduated  at  Yale  College,  New  Haven,  Connec- 
ticut, A.D.  1859,  and  at  The  General  Theological  Semi- 
nary, New  York,  a.d.  1862. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Church  of  The  Transfigura- 
tion, New  York,  on  the  29th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1862, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Horatio  Potter,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

"  Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Mark's  Church,  Malone,  New 
York,  on  the  23d  day  of  October,  a.d.  1862,  by  the 
same  Prelate. 

Rector  of  S.  Mark's  Church,  Malone,  until  Septem- 
ber 1st,  1868,  when  he  accepted  an  election  to  the  Rec- 
torship of  S.  James'  Church,  Bata^na,  New  York. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Missouri  in  Grace  Church, 
New  York,  on  the  25th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1868,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Bosworth  Smith,  S.T.D. ,  LL.D., 
assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Allen  McCoskry, 
S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  John  Johns,  S.T.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Washington  Lee,  S.T.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.   Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  D.C.L., 

L  21  241 


242  CHARLES  FRANKLIN  ROBERTSON. 

and  The  Eight  Rev.  Henry  Champlm  Lay,  S.T.D., 
LL.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1868. 

Writings. — A  number  of  Sermons,  Addresses,  and 
Miscellaneous  Papers. 


IsTo.   90. 

THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

BENJAMIN   WISTAR   MORRIS,   S.T.D. 

The  second  ]Missionaiy  Bishop  of  Oregon  and  of 
Washington  Territory,  was  born  in  Wellsboro',  Penn- 
sylvania, on  the  30th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1819. 

He  graduated  at  The  General  Theological  Seminary, 
New  York,  a.d.  1846. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Philip's  Church,  Philadelphia, 
on  the  28th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1846,  by  The  Eight  Rev. 
Alonzo  Potter,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Matthew's  Church,  Sunbury, 
Pennsylvania,  on  the  27th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1847,  by 
the  same  Prelate. 

He  was  Rector  of  S.  Matthew's  Church,  Sunbury, 
four  years,  after  which  he  became  the  Rector  of  S. 
David's  Church,  Manayunk,  where  he  remained  six 
years,  when  he  was  made  Assistant  Minister  of  S. 
Luke's  Church,  Germantown,  where  he  remained  until 
his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  Oregon  and  of 
Washington  Territory  in  S.  Luke's  Church,  Philadel- 
phia, on  the  3d  day  of  December,  a.d.  1868,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D. ,  assisted  by  The  Right 
Rev.  William  Henry  Odenheimer,  D.D.,  D.C.L.,  The 

243 


244  BENJAMIN   WISTAR  MORRIS. 

Right  Eev.  Thomas  Huhhard  Vail,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  Robert  Harper  Chxrkson,  D.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  George  Maxwell  Randall,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right 
Rev.  John  Barrett  Kerfoot,  S.T.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  and  that 
of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from  The  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, A.D.  1868. 


No.  Ol. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

ABRAM   NEWKIRK   LITTLEJOIIN,  D.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Long;  Island,  was  born  in  Florida, 
Montgomery  County,  Xew  York,  on  the  13th  day  of 
December,  a.d.  1824. 

He  graduated  at  Union  College,  Schenectady,  New 
York,  A.D.  1845. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Peter's  Church,  Auburn,  New 
York,  on  the  19th  day  of  March,  a.d.  1848,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  William  Ileathcote  De  Lancey,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Christ  Church,  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, on  the  12th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1849,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Thomas  Church  Brownell,  S.T.D. 

Upon  his  Ordination  to  the  Diaconate,  he  took 
charge  of  S.  Ann's  Church,  Amsterdam,  and  shortly 
afterwards  removed  to  Connecticut,  and  took  charge 
of  S.  Andrew's  Church,  Meriden.  In  February,  1850, 
he  removed  to  Massachusetts,  and  became  the  Rector 
of  Christ  Church,  Springfield.  In  June,  1851,  he 
returned  to  Connecticut,  and  became  the  Rector  of 
S.  Paul's  Church,  New  Haven. 

In  1858  he  was  elected  President  of  Geneva  (now 
Hobart)  College,  but  declined.  He  was  Lecturer  on 
Pastoral  Theology  in  Berkeley  Divinity  School,  Mid- 
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24(3  ABRAM  NEW  KIRK  LITTLEJOHN. 

dletown,  Connecticut,  for  a  period  of  seven  years.  In 
1860  lie  removed  to  New  York,  and  became  Rector 
of  The  Church  of  The  Holy  Trinity,  Brooklyn,  which 
position  he  held  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  University  of  Pennsylvania,  a.d.  1855.  In  1868 
he  was  elected  Bishop  of  Central  New  York,  but 
declined. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Long  Island  in  The  Church 
of  The  Holy  Trinity,  Brooklyn,  on  the  27th  day  of 
January,  a.d.  1869,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Horatio  Potter, 
S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  D.C.L.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Johns,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  William  Henry 
Odenheimer,  D.D.,  D.C.L.,  The  Right  Rev.  Arthur 
Cleveland  Coxe,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Robert 
Harper  Clarkson,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  George  Max- 
well Randall,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  John  Barrett 
Kerfoot,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Adams  Neely, 
S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Wistar  Morris, 
S.T.D. 

In  1874  he  was  appointed  by  the  Presiding  Bishop 
to  take  charge  of  the  American  Episcopal  Churches  on 
the  Continent  of  Europe. 

Writings. — Besides  Charges,  Addresses,  and  occa- 
sional Sermons,  his  contributions  to  current  literature 
embrace  Critiques,  Essays,  and  Reviews,  entitled:  1. 
The  Philosophy  of  Religion.  2.  The  Metaphysics  of 
Cousin.  3.  The  Life  and  Writings  of  S.  T.  Coleridge. 
4.  The  Poetry  of  George  Herbert.  5.  Sir  James 
Stephen's  Lectures  on  the  History  of  France.  6. 
Roger's  Eclipse  of  Faith.  7.  The  Bible  and  Com- 
mon Sense.    8.  The  Outwardness  of  Popular  Religion. 


A  BR  AM   NEW  KIRK  LITTLEJOHN.  247 

9.  Human  Progress  dependent  on  Tradition  rather 
than  Invention.  10.  Thouglits  and  Inquiries  on  the 
Alt  Catholic  Movement.  11.  Discourse  at  the  Conse- 
cration of  S.  Paul's  Church  Within  the  "Walls,  Rome, 
Italy.  12.  Essay  before  The  Church  Congress,  New 
York,  1877. 


No.  92. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

WILLIAM   CROSWELL  DOANE,  S.T.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Albany,  was  born  in  Boston,  Mas- 
sachusetts, on  the  2d  day  of  March,  a.d.  1832. 

He  graduated  at  BurUngton  College,  Burlington, 
New  Jersey,  a.d.  1850. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Mary's  Church,  Burlington, 
on  the  6th  day  of  March,  a.d.  1853,  by  his  father," The 
Right  Rev.  George  Washington  Doane,  S.T.D. ,  LL.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church  on  the  16th  day 
of  March,  a.d.  1856,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

During  his  Diaconate  he  served  as  his  father's 
Curate  at  S.  Mary's  Church. 

In  1856  he  took  charge  of  S.  Barnabas'  Church  in 
Burlington. 

In  1859,  upon  the  death  of  his  father,  he  became 
the  Rector  of  S.  Mary's  Church. 

In  the  spring  of  1861  he  removed  to  Connecticut, 
and  became  the  Rector  of  S.  John's  Church,  Hartford. 

In  1867  he  removed  to  New  York  and  became  the 
Rector  of  S.  Peter's  Church,  Albany,  where  he  re- 
mained until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  Tbe- 
ology  from  Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1867. 

248 


WILLIAM   CROSWELL   DOANE.  249 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Alhany  in  S.  Peter's  Church, 
Albany,  on  the  2d  day  of  February,  a.d.  18G9,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Horatio  ' Potter,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  D.C.L., 
assisted  by  The  Riglit  Rev.  William  Henry  Oden- 
lieimer,  D.D,,  D.C.L,,  The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Adams 
Neely,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Charles  Franklin  Rob- 
ertson, S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Abram  Newkirk 
Littlejohn,  S.T.D. 

AVritings. — 1.  Occasional  Sermons.  2.  Convention 
Addresses.  3.  Addresses  to  the  Graduating  Class  of 
S.  Agnes'  School.  4.  A  Volume  of  Questions  on  the 
Collects,  Epistles,  and  Gospels.  5.  The  Life  and  "Writ- 
ings of  his  father.  The  Right  Rev.  George  Washing- 
ton Doane,  S.T.D. ,  LL.D.,  the  second  Bishop  of  New 
Jersey,  4  vols.  8vo. 


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No.  93. 

THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

FREDERIC    DAN   HUNTINGTON,  S.T.D. 

The  first  Bisliop  of  Central  New  York,  was  born  in 
Hadley,  Hampshire  County,  Massachusetts,  on  the  28th 
day  of  May,  a.d.  1819. 

He  graduated  at  Amherst  College,  Amherst,  Massa- 
chusetts, A.D.  1839,  and  at  the  Divinity  School  of  Har- 
vard University,  a.d.  1842. 

He  was  Minister  of  a  Unitarian  Congregation  in 
Boston  for  thirteen  years,  and  from  1855  until  1860, 
Professor  of  Christian  Morals  in  Harvard  College,  and 
Preacher  to  the  University. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Amherst  College,  a.d.  1856. 

His  extensive  reading  and  careful  habits  of  study 
led  him  to  renounce  the  peculiar  doctrines  of  the 
Unitarians  and  apply  for  Holy  Orders. 

He  was  Confirmed  in  Christ  Church,  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  on  The  Feast  of  The  Annunciation, 
A.D.  1860,  by  The  Eight  Rev.  Manton  Eastburn, 
S.T.D. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  Boston,  on  the 
12th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1860,  by  The  Pvight  Eev. 
Manton  Eastburn,  S.T.D. 

250 


FREDERIC  DAN  HUNTINGTON.  251 

Ordained  Priest  in  The  Cluircli  of  The  Messiah, 
Boston,  on  the  19th  day  of  March,  a.d.  18G1,  by  the 
same  Prelate. 

He  organized  Emmanuel  Church,  Boston,  became 
the  Rector  of  the  Parish,  and  remained  there  until  his 
elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Central  New  York  in  Em- 
manuel Church,  Boston,  on  the  8tli  day  of  April,  a.d. 
1869,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Bosworth  Smith, 
S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Manton 
Eastburn,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Horatio 
Potter,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  D.C.L.,  The  Right  Rev. 
Thomas  March  Clark,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
Arthur  Cleveland  Coxe,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
Henry  Adams  Neely,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin 
Wistar  Morris,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  William 
Croswell  Doane,  S.T.D. 

Writings. — 1.  Sermons  for  the  People,  12mo.,  1856. 
2.  Lessons  on  The  Parables  of  Our  Saviour,  1856.  3. 
Christian  Believing  and  Li\'ing.  4.  Home  and  Col- 
lege Unconscious  Tuition.  5.  Lowell  and  Graham 
Lectures  on  the  Divine  Aspects  of  Human  Society. 
6.  Helps  to  a  Holy  Lent.  7.  Christ  and  the  World — 
A  Charge  to  his  Clergy.  8.  Christ  in  the  Christian 
Year,  and  in  the  Life  of  Man.  9.  A  large  number  of 
Sermons,  Discourses  and  Lectures,  and  also  extended 
and  various  contributions  to  Periodicals,  Magazines, 
and  jSTewspapers.  10.  Compiler  (with  Dr.  Hedge)  of 
Hymns  for  The  Church  of  Christ.  11.  Elim,  and 
Lyra  Domestiea,  two  volumes  of  Poetry.  12.  Editor 
of  Martyria,  Euthanasy,  Christianity  the  Deliverance 
of  the  Soul  and  its  Life — the  American   edition    of 


252  FREDERIC  DAN  HUNTINGTON. 

the  Works  of  The  Rev.  Wm.  Mountford.  13.  Editor 
of  an  American  edition  of  Archbishop  "WTiateley's 
Christian  Morals.  14.  Editor  of  The  Church  Monthly 
Magazine — now  extinct. 


No.  04.. 
THE    RIGHT   REVEREND 

OZI   WILLIAM   ^YIIITTAKER,  D.D. 

Missionary  Bislioi")  of  IS'evacla,  was  born  in  ITew 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  on  the  10th  day  of  May,  a.d. 
1830. 

He  graduated  at.Middlebury  College,  Yermont,  a.d. 
1856. 

For  nearly  four  years  he  was  the  Principal  of  the 
High  School  in  North  Broolvfield,  Massachusetts. 

Graduated  at  The  General  Theological  Seminary, 
New  York,  a.d.  1863. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Grace  Church,  Boston,  Mas- 
sachusetts, on  the  15th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1863,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Manton  E.astburn,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Stephen's  Chapel,  Boston,  on 
the  7th  day  of  August,  a.d.  1863,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  proceeded  at  once  to  Nevada,  and  became  the 
Rector  of  "  The  Parish  of  S.  John,"  Gold-Hill.  In 
1865  he  returned  to  the  East,  and  became  the  Rector 
of  S.  Paul's  Church,  Englewood,  New  Jersey.  In 
1867  he  returned  to  Nevada,  and  became  the  Rector 
of  S.  Paul's  Church,  Yirginia  City. 

He  was  elected  Missionary  Bishop  of  Nevada  by 
both  Houses  of  the  General  Convention  in  S.  John's 
Chapel,  New  York,  a.d.  1868. 

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254  0Z7    WILLIAM    WHITTAKER. 

He  received  tlie  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
Kenyon  College,  Gambier,  Ohio,  a.d.  1869. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  ISTevada  in  S. 
George's  Church,  Kew  York,  on  the  13th  day  of  Oc- 
tober, A.D.  1869,  by  The  Eight  Rev.  Charles  Pettit 
McHvaine,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  D.C.L.,  The  Right 
Rev.  Manton  Eastburn,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  "William  Henry  Odenheimer,  D.D.,  D.C.L.,  and 
The  Right  Rev.  Joseph  Cruikshank  Talbot,  D.D., 
LL.D. 

His  only  published  writings  are  a  few  occasional 
Sermons. 


No.  95. 

THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

HENRY   NILES   PIERCE,   D.D.,   LL.D. 

The  fourth  ISIissionarj  Bishop  of  Arkansas  and  the 
Indian  Territory,  was  horn  in  Pawtncket,  lihode 
Ishmd,  on  the  19th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1820. 

He  graduated  at  Brown  University,  Providence, 
Rhode  Ishxnd,  a.d.  1842. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  Matagorda,  Texas, 
on  the  23d  day  of  April,  a.d.  1843,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
George  Washington  Freeman,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church  on  the  3d  day 
of  January,  a.d.  1849,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  spent  his  Diaconate  in  Missionary  work  in  Wash- 
ington County,  Texas,  and  after  his  Ordination  to  the 
Priesthood  he  remained  for  some  time  in  the  same 
position.  Subsequently  he  removed  to  Alabama,  and 
became  the  Rector  of  S.  John's  Church,  Mobile.  In 
1868  he  removed  to  Blinois,  and  became  the  Rector  of 
S.  Paul's  Church,  Springfield,  which  position  he  occu- 
pied at  the  time  of  his  election  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  University  of  Alabama,  Tuscaloosa,  a.d.  1862,  and 
that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  The  College  of  AYilliara 
and  Mary,  Williamsburg,  Virginia,  a.d.  1869. 

255 


256  HENRY  NILES  PIERCE. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  Arkansas  and  tlie 
Indian  Territory  in  Christ  Church,  Mobile,  Alabama, 
on  the  25th  day  of  Januo,ry,  a.d.  1870,  by  The  Eight 
Rev.  William  Mercer  Green,  D.D.,  assisted  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Henry  John  Whitehouse,  LL.D.,  D.D. 
Oxon.,  D.C.L.,  The  Right  Rev.  Richard  Hooker  Wil- 
mer,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Charles  Todd  Quintard, 
S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Joseph  Pere  Bell  Wil- 
mer,  D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  John  Freeman  Young, 
S.T.D. 

Writings. — Various  occasional  Sermons,  Essays, 
Addresses,  &c.,  and  some  translations. 


No.  oe. 

TUE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

WILLIAM   WOODRUFF   NILES,  S.T.D. 

The  second  Bishop  of  J^Tew  Hampshire,  was  born  in 
Hatlcy,  Province  of  Lower  Canada  (now  Quebec),  on 
the  24th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1832. 

He  graduated  at  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, A.D.  1857,  and  at  The  Berkeley  Divinity 
School,  Middletown,  Connecticut,  a.d.  1861. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Church  of  The  Holy  Trinity, 
Middletown,  on  the  22d  day  of  May,  a.d.  1861,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  John  Williams,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Philip's  Church,  Wiscasset, 
Maine,  on  the  14th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1862,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  George  Burgess,  S.T.D. 

During  the  year  following  his  graduation  he  was  a 
Tutor  in  Trinity  College.  After  his  Ordination  to  the 
Diaconate  he  removed  to  Maine,  where  he  took  charge 
of  S.  Philip's  Church,  Wiscasset,  and  upon  his  Ordina- 
tion to  the  Priesthood  he  became  the  Rector.  In  1864 
he  returned  to  Connecticut,  and  became  Professor  of 
the  Latin  Language  and  Literature  in  Trinity  Col- 
lege, which  Chair  he  retained  until  his  elevation  to 
the  Episcopate. 

During  the  two  years  next  preceding  his  Consecra- 

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258  WILLIAM    WOODRUFF  NILES. 

tion  he  held  the  Rectorship  of  S.  John's  Church, 
Warehouse  Point,  together  with  his  Professorship. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  New  Hampshire  in  S.  Paul's 
Church,  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  on  the  21st  day  of 
September,  a.d.  1870,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin 
Bosworth  Smith,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right 
Rev.  John  Williams,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
Henry  Adams  Neely,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  William 
Henry  Augustus  Bissell,  D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev. 
William  Croswell  Doane,  S.T.D.,  together  with  The 
Right  Rev.  James  William  Williams,  D.D.,  the  Bishop 
of  Quebec. 

At  the  time  of  his  Consecration,  and  for  some  years 
after.  Bishop  Niles  was  a  British  subject. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  a.d.  1870. 

Writings. — Addresses  to  his  Convention.  Essays 
and  Contributions  to  the  Press.  During  a  part  of  the 
time  he  was  Professor  at  Trinity  College,  he  was  the 
Editor  of  "  The  Churchman." 


No.    07. 
THE   RKillT   REVEREND 

WILLIAM   PINKNEY,   D.D.,   LL.D. 

Assistant  Bishop  of  Maryland,  was  born  in  Annapolis, 
Maryland,  on  the  17th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1810. 

He  graduated  at  IS.  John's  College,  Annapolis,  a.d. 
1827.  ^ 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Cluirch,  Cambridge,  Dor- 
chester County,  Maryland,  on  the  12tli  day  of  April, 
A.D.  1835,  by  The  Eight  Rev.  William  Murray  Stone, 
D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  All  Saints'  Church,  Frederick,  on 
the  27th  day  of  iVIay,  a.d.  1836,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  took  charge  of  Somerset  and  Coventry  Parishes 
for  a  few  months,  when  he  removed  to  Bladensburg, 
where  he  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Matthias'  Church. 
Subsequently  he  removed  to  Washington,  District  of 
Columbia,  where  he  became  the  Rector  of  The  Church 
of  The  Ascension,  which  position  he  occupied  until  his 
elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
S.  John's  College,  Annapolis,  Maryland,  a.d.  1855. 
The  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  was  conferred  upon 
him  by  Columbia  University,  Washington,  District  of 
Columbia,  and  by  The  College  of  William  and  Mary, 
Williamsburg,  Virginia,  a.d.  1870. 

259 


200  WILLIAM  PINKNEY. 

Consecrated  Assistant  Bishop  of  Maryland  in  The 
Church  of  The  Epiphany,  Washington,  District  of 
Columbia,  on  the  6th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1870,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Bosworth  Smith,  S.T.D., 
LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Johns,  S.T.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Atkinson,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  William  Henry  Odenheimer,  D.D.,  D.C.L., 
The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Champlin  Lay,  S.T.D.,  LL.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  William  Bacon  Stevens,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  Charles  Todd  Quintard,  S.T.D.,  LL.D., 
and  The  Right  Rev.  John  Barrett  Kerfoot,  S.T.D., 
LL.D. 


ISTo.  08. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

WILLIAM  BELL  WHITE   HOWE,   D.D.,   S.T.D. 

The  sixth  Bishop  of  South  Carolina,  was  born  in 
Claremont,  New  Hampshire,  on  the  31st  day  of  March, 
A.D.  1823. 

He  graduated  at  The  University  of  Vermont,  Bur- 
lington, Vermont,  a.d.  1844. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Philip's  Church,  Charleston, 
South  Carolina,  on  the  9th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1847,  by 
The  Right  Eev.  Christopher  Edwards  Gadsden,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Stephen's  Chapel,  Charleston, 
on  the  3d  day  of  June,  a.d.  1849,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  became  the  Rector  of  S.  John's,  Berkeley,  South 
Carolina,  in  1848,  and  remained  there  twelve  years. 
In  1860  he  removed  to  Charleston,  and  became  the 
Assistant  ^Minister  at  S.  Philip's  Church,  succeeding 
to  the  Rectorship  in  1863,  which  position  he  held  until 
his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  University  of  The  South,  ScAvanee,  Tennessee,  a.d. 
1871,  and  that  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  Theology  from 
Columbia  College,  New  York,  a.d.  1872. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  South  Carolina  in  S.  Paul's 
Church,  Baltimore,  Maryland,  on  the  8th  day  of  Octo- 
ber, A.D.  1871,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Bosworth 

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262  WILLIAM  BELL    WHITE  HOWE. 

Smith,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Rollinson  Whittingham,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right 
Rev.  Thomas  Frederick  Davis,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
Thomas  Atkinson,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Alex- 
ander Gregg,  D.D.,  together  with  The  Right  Rev. 
George  Augustus  Selwyn,  D.D.,  The  Bishop  of  Litch- 
field, England,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Addington  Robert 
Peel  Venables,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Nassau,  West  Indies. 

Writings. — He  has  published  little  beyond  one  or 
two  occasional  Sermons,  Addresses  to  his  Convention, 
&c. 


No.   99. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

MARK   ANTONY   DeWOLFE   HOWE,   S.T.D.,   LL.D. 

TuE  first  Bishop  of  Central  Pennsylvania,  was  born  in 
Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  on  the  5th  day  of  April,  a.b. 
1809. 

He  graduated  at  Brown  University,  Providence, 
Ehode  Island,  a.d.  1828. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Michael's  Church,  Bristol,  on 
the  15th  day  of  January,  a.d.  1832,  by  The  Eight  Rev. 
Alexander  Viets  Griswold,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Grace  Church,  Boston,  on  the  12th 
day  of  March,  a.d.  1833,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  officiated  for  three  months  in  1832  in  S.  Mat- 
thew's Church,  South  Boston.  In  October  of  the  same 
year  he  became  the  Rector  of  S.  James'  Church,  Rox- 
bury,  (now  Highland  District,  Boston,)  where  he  re- 
mained three  years.  He  then  became  the  Editor  of 
The  Christian  "Witness,  and  Rector  of  Christ  Church, 
Cambridge.  He  returned  to  the  Rectorship  of  S.  James' 
Church  in  the  autumn  of  1836,  and  continued  in  that 
work  until  1846,  when  he  removed  to  Pennsylvania  and 
became  the  Rector  of  S.  Luke's  Church,  Philadelphia, 
where  he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episco- 
pate. 

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264  MARK  ANTONY  DE WOLFE  HOWE. 

In  1850  lie  was  a  Deputy  from  the  Diocese  of  Penn- 
sylvania to  the  General  Convention,  which  met  that 
year  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  was  made  Secretary  to 
the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies,  which  office 
he  held  for  twelve  years. 

He  was  elected  as  Deputy  to  the  General  Conven- 
tion from  the  same  Diocese,  for  every  session  from 
1850,  until  and  including  that  of  1871. 

In  1865  he  was  elected  Missionary  Bishop  to  Nevada, 
but  declined. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Brown  University,  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  A.D.  1848,  and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from 
The  University  of  Pennsylvania,  a.d.  1876. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Central  Pennsylvania  in  S. 
Luke's  Church,  Philadelphia,  on  the  28th  day  of  De- 
cember, A.D.  1874,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Bos- 
worth  Smith,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Charles  Pettit  McHvaine,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Horatio 
Potter,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  D.C.L.,  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas 
March  Clark,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Gregory 
Thurston  Bedell,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  John  Barrett 
Kerfoot,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin 
"Wistar  Morris,  S.T.D. 

"Writings. — 1.  Essays  and  Fugitive  Pieces  in  Yerse. 
2.  A  Pamphlet  on  the  Right  of  The  Eastern  Diocese 
to  Elect  an  Assistant  Bishop,  1837.  3.  A  Review  of 
the  Report  of  the  Boston  School  Committee,  1845.  4. 
A  Pamplilet  in  Vindication  of  the  Missionary  Associa- 
tion for  the  West,  1857.  5.  Preface  to  Butler's  edi- 
tion  of   Bishop   Ileber's    Poems,    1857.      6.    Several 


MARK  ANTONY  DEWOLFE  HOWE.  265 

occasional  Sermons.  7.  The  Sermon  before  the  Conven- 
tion of  the  Diocese  of  Pennsylvania,  1859.  8.  Memoir 
of  The  Right  Rev.  Alonzo  Potter,  D.D.,  1870. 

Note. — The  Diocese  of  Central  Pennsylvania  was 
organized  a.d.  1871,  and  consists  of  all  that  portion  of 
the  State  of  Pennsylvania  lying  east  of  the  Counties 
of  McKean,  Cameron,  Clearfield,  Cambria,  and  Som- 
erset, excluding  the  Counties  of  Philadelphia,  Bucks, 
Montgomery,  Delaware,  and  Chester. 


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No.   lOO. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

WILLIAM   IIOBART   HARE,  S.T.D. 

Missionary  Bishop  of  the  Indian  Jurisdiction  of  Nio- 
brara, was  born  in  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  on  tlie  17th 
day  of  May,  a.d.  1838. 

He  entered  The  University  of  Pennsylvania,  but,  on 
account  of  serious  trouble  with  his  eyes,  was  obliged 
to  withdraw  before  graduation. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Matthew's  Church,  Philadel- 
phia, (Francisville,)  on  the  19th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1859, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel  Bowman,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Chestnut  Hill, 
Pennsylvania,  on  the  25th  day  of  May,  a.d.  1862,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Alonzo  Potter,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

He  was  the  Assistant  Minister  at  S.  Lvike's  Church, 
Philadelphia,  from  June,  1859,  until  May,  1861,  when 
he  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Paul's  Church,  Chestnut 
.  Hill.  In  1863  he  resigned  S.  Paul's,  and  took  charge 
of  S.  Luke's  Church,  Philadelphia,  during  the  absence 
of  the  Rector. 

In  1864  he  became  the  Rector  of  The  Church  of 
The  Ascension,  Philadelphia,  where  he  remained  until 
he  was  appointed  Secretary  and  General  Agent  of  the 
Foreie-n  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Missions.  This 
position  he  held  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 
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WILLIAM  llOBART  HARE.  267 

111  1871  be  was  elected  l)y  the  House  of  Bisliops, 
Missionary  Bishop  to  Cape  Pahiias  and  parts  adjacent 
in  AVcst  Africa,  but  decbned. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  House  of  Bishops  hobl 
in  New  York,  October,  a.p.  1872,  be  was  elected  Mis- 
sionary Bishop  of  Niobrara. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
oloi^v  from  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
and  Columbia  College,  New  York,  and  that  of  Doctor 
in  Divinity  from  Kenyon  College,  Gambler,  Ohio,  a.d. 

1872. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  Niobrara  in  S. 
Luke's  Church,  Philadelphia,  on  the  9th  day  of  Janu- 
ary, A.D.  1873,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Bosworth 
Smith,  S.T.D.,  'lL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  John  Williams, 
S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D., 
LL.D.,  D.C.L.,  The  Right  Rev.  William  Henry  Oden- 
heimer,  D.D.,  D.C.L.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  William 
Bacon  Stevens,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

He  was  presented  for  Consecration  by  the  Bishops 
of  Nebraska  and  Central  Pennsylvania. 


ISTo.  lOl. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

JOHN  GOTTLIEB   AUER,  S.T.D. 

The  second  Missionary  Bishop  of  Cape  Palmas  and 
parts  adjacent  in  West  Africa,  was  born  in  ISTeubulacli, 
in  Wiirtemberg,  on  tlie  18th  day  of  November,  a.d. 
1832. 

In  l^ovember,  a.d.  1854,  he  was  entered  as  a  Student 
in  the  Mission  School  at  Basle. 

In  1858  he  went  to  Africa,  and  became  a  teacher 
in  the  Seminary  of  a  German  Mission  at  Akrapong, 
among  the  Akrapim  Mountains. 

In  1862  he  left  this  Mission  and  attached  himself  to 
the  work  under  Bishop  Payne,  at  Cavalla. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Church  of  The  Epiphany, 
Cavalla,  Africa,  on  the  20th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1862, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Payne,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church  on  the  same 
day,  and  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Columbia  College,  a.d.  1873. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  for  Cape  Palmas 
and  parts  adjacent  in  Western  Africa  in  S.  John's 
Church,  Georgetown,  District  of  Columbia,  on  the 
17th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1873,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Ben- 

268 


JOHN-  GOTTLIEB  AUKli.  269 

jainin  Bosworth  Smith,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The 
Ki-ht  Rev.  Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Joliii 
Johns,  S.T.D.,  The  Rig-ht  Rev.  Johi/Payne,  D.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  William  Edmoiid  Armitage,  S.T.D., 
and  The  Right  Rev.  William  Pinkney,  D.D. 

Bishop  Auer  died  at  Cavalla,  Africa,  on  the  IGth 
day  of  February,  a.d.  1874. 


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No.   103. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

BENJAMIN   HENRY   PADDOCK,  S.T.D. 

The  fourtli  Bishop  of  Massachusetts,  was  born  in 
JS'orwich,  Connecticut,  on  the  29th  day  of  February, 
A.D.  1828. 

He  graduated  at  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  a.d.  1848, 
and  at  The  General  Theological  Seminary,  Kew  York, 
A.D.  1852. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  Stratford,  Con- 
necticut, on  the  29th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1852,  by  The 
Eight  Rev.  Thomas  Church  Brownell,  S.T.D. ,  LL.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Trinity  Church,  ITorwich,  Con- 
necticut, on  the  27th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1853,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  John  Williams,  S.T.D. 

He  spent  a  portion  of  his  Diaconate  as  the  Assistant 
Minister  in  The  Church  of  The  B|)iphany,  New  York. 
In  the  spring  of  1853  he  removed  to  Maine  and  be- 
came the  Rector  of  S.  Luke's  Church,  Portland,  but 
the  rigor  of  the  climate  compelled  him  to  abandon  this 
work,  and  he  returned  to  Connecticut.  In  the  autumn 
of  1853  he  became  the  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Nor- 
wich, of  which  Parish,  his  father  The  Rev.  Seth  B. 
Paddock  was  the  Rector  for  twenty-two  years.  He 
remained  in  Norwich  nearly  seven  years,  and  then 
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BENJAMIN  HENUy   I'ADDOCK.  271 

removed  to  Michigan,  Avherc  lie  became  the  Hector 
of  Christ  Church,  Detroit.  In  May,  18G9,  he  removed 
to  New  York  and  became  the  Hector  of  Grace  Churcli, 
Brooklyn,  Long  Island,  Avherc  he  remained  mitil  his 
elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  a.d.  1867. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Massachusetts  in  Grace 
Church,  Brooklyn,  on  the  17th  day  of  September, 
A.D.  1873,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Bosworth 
Smith,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D. ,  The  Right  Rev.  John  Wilhams, 
S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  William  Bacon  Stevens, 
D.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Abram  Is^ewkirk  Little- 
john,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Riglit  Rev.  Frederic  Dan  Hun- 
tington, S.T.D. 

Writings. — Occasional  Articles  for  Reviews  and 
Periodicals,  Canonical  Digests,  Special  Sermons,  Col- 
legiate and  other  Addresses,  with  one  Episcopal 
Charg-e. 


No.  103. 

THE  RIGHT  REVEREND 

THEODORE  BENEDICT  LYMAN,  S.T.D. 

Assistant  Bishop  of  JSTortli  Carolina,  was  born  in 
Brighton,  Massachusetts,  on  the  27th  day  of  Novem- 
ber, A.D.  1815. 

He  graduated  at  Hamilton  College,  Clinton,  New 
York,  A.D.  1837,  and  at  The  General  Theological  Sem- 
inary, JSTew  York,  a.d.  1840. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land, on  the  20th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1840,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  William  Rollinson  Whittingham,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  John's  Church,  Hagerstown, 
on  the  19tli  day  of  December,  a.d,  1841,  by  the  same 
Prelate. 

In  October,  1840,  he  took  charge  of  S.  John's  Church, 
Hagerstown,  Maryland,  and  upon  his  Ordination  to  the 
Priesthood  n  became  the  Rector  of  the  Parish,  where 
he  remained  for  ten  years. 

In  1850  he  became  the  Rector  of  Trinity  Church, 
Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania,  succeeding  Dr.  Upfold,  who 
had  been  consecrated  as  Bishop  of  Indiana.  He  re- 
mained in  Pittsburg  until  1860,  when  he  removed  to 
Europe,  and  was  instrumental  in  establishing  the 
"American  Chapel"  (now  S.  Paul's  Church)  in  Rome. 
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THEODORE  BENEDICT  LYMAN.  073 

In  the  autumn  of  1870  lie  returned  to  America  and 
became  the  Kector  of  Trinity  Church,  San  Francisco, 
California,  where  he  remained  until  his  elevation  to 
the  Episcopate. 

Consecrated  Assistant  Bishop  of  North  Carolina  in 
Christ  Church,  Raleigh,  North  Carolina,  on  the  11th 
day  of  December,  a.d.  1873,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Rollinson  Whittingham,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Atkinson,  S.T.D.,  LL.D., 
and  The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Champlin  Lay,  S.T.D., 
LL.D. 

Writings. — -His  only  published  writings  consist  of 
a  few  occasional  Sermons. 


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No.  104.. 

THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

JOHN   FRANKLIN   SPALDING,   S.T.D. 

The  second  Missionary  Bishop  of  Colorado,  with  juris- 
diction in  the  Territory  of  Wyoming,  was  born  in  Bel- 
grade, Maine,  on  the  25th  day  of  August,  a.d.  1828. 

He  graduated  at  Bowdoin  College,  Brunswick, 
Maine,  a.d.  1853,  and  at  The  General  Theological 
Seminary,  IsTew  York,  a.d.  1857. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Stephen's  Church,  Portland, 
Maine,  on  the  8th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1857,  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Greorge  Burgess,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Christ  Church,  Gardiner,  Maine, 
on  the  14th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1858,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  was  Missionary  at  S.  James'  Church,  Oldtown, 
Maine,  for  two  years ;  Rector  of  S.  George's  Church, 
Lee,  Massachusetts,  from  August  1st,  1859,  until  No- 
vember 1st,  1860  ;  Assistant  Minister  at  Grace  Church, 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  from  November  1st,  1860, 
to  November  1st,  1861 ;  officiated  for  two  months  in  S. 
John's  Church,  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  and  in 
April,  1862,  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Paul's  Church, 
Erie,  Pennsylvania,  Diocese  of  Pittsburg,  where  he 
remained  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  Colorado,  with 
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JOHN  FRANKLIN  SPALDING.  275 

jurisdiction  in  A\^yoming,  in  S.  Paul's  Chureli,  Eric,  on 
the  31st  (lay  of  December,  a.d.  1873,  by  Tlic  Right 
Rev.  Samuel  Allen  McCoskry,  S.T.D.,  D.C.L.,  assisted 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Gregory  Thurston  ReiU'll,  D.D., 
The  Right"  Rev.  Joseph  Cruiksluink  Talbot,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Arthur  Cleveland  Coxe, 
S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  John  Barrett  Ker- 
foot,  S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

Writings. — A  Devotional  Manual,  a  few  Tracts,  oc- 
casional Sermons,  Essays,  Addresses,  &c. 


No.  105. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

EDWARD   RANDOLPH   WELLES,   S.T.D. 

The  tliird  Bishop  of  Wisconsin,  was  born  in  Waterloo, 
Ontario  County,  New  York,  on  the  10th  day  of  Janu- 
ary, A.D.  1830. 

He  graduated  at  Geneva  (now  Hobart)  College, 
Geneva,  'New  York,  a.d.  1850. 

He  begun  the  study  of  Law,  but  after  a  few  months 
he  decided  to  apply  for  Holy  Orders,  and  after  admis- 
sion as  a  Candidate  pursued  his  Theological  studies 
under  the  direction  of  the  Bishop  of  Western  New 
York. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  New 
York,  on  the  20tli  day  of  December,  a.d.  1857,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  William  Heathcote  De  Lancey,  S.T.D. , 
LL.D.,  D.C.L. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Waterloo,  New 
York,  on  the  12th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1858,  by  the 
same  Prelate. 

During  his  Diaconate,  in  connection  with  the  duties 
of  a  Tutor  in  De  Veaux  College,  he  gave  Sunday  ser- 
vice at  S.  Paul's  Church,  Lewiston,  Christ  Church, 
Loclcport,  and  The  Church  of  The  Epiphany,  Suspen- 
sion Bridge. 

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EDWARD   RAyDOLrn    WELLES.  277 

On  the  3d  day  of  October,  a.d.  1858,  he  began  bis 
Pastoral  work,  at  Red  Wing,  Minnesota,  whieh  was  fol- 
lowed by  the  organization  of  the  Parish  of  Christ 
Church,  Red  Wing,  of  which  he  became  the  Rector, 
and  which  position  he  held  until  his  elevation  to  the 
Episcopate. 

He  was  several  times  a  Deputy  to  the  General  Con- 
vention from  :Minnesota,  and  for  some  years  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Diocesan  Convention,  in  the  same  Diocese. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  Theology 
from  Racine  College,  Racine,  Wisconsin,  a.d.  1874. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Wisconsin  in  S.  Thomas' 
Church,  New  York,  on  the  24th  day  of  October,  a.d. 
1874,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Bosworth  Smith, 
S.T.i).,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Wil- 
liams, S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Atkin- 
son, S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Ben- 
jamin Whipple,  D.D.,  together  with  The  Right  Rev. 
Reginald  Courtenay,  D.D.,  the  Bishop  of  Kingston, 
Jamaica,  West  Indies. 

During  the  year  following  his  Consecration,  the 
Diocese  of  Fond  du  Lac  was  created  from  the  north- 
ern portion  of  his  jurisdiction.  Bishop  Welles  elected 
to  remain  in  the  old  Diocese,  and  The  Rev.  J.  H.  Ho- 
bart  Brown,  S.T.D.,  was  elected  as  the  Bishop  of  the 
new  See. 

Writings. — A  few  occasional  Sermons.  A  Fare- 
well Sermon,  preached  at  Red  Wing,  1874,  and  the 
Sermon  preached  at  the  Consecration  of  The  Bishop  of 
Illinois,  A.D.  1875.     Addi-esses  to  his  Convention,  &c. 

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5Q"o.  106. 
THE   RIGHT  REVEREND 


ROBERT  WOODWARD   BARNWELL   ELLIOTT,   D.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  a  Missionary  jurisdiction  created 
in  General  Convention,  a.d.  1874,  consisting  of  the 
Counties  lying  south  and  west  of,  and  including  Cal- 
houn, Jackson,  Lavaca,  Gonzales,  Caldwell,  Hays, 
Blanco,  Llano,  San  Saba,  McCulloch,  Concho,  Tom 
Green,  Pecos,  and  El  Paso,  in  the  State  of  Texas,  and 
entitled  The  Missionary  Jurisdiction  of  "Western  Texas. 

He  was  born  in  Beaufort,  South  Carolina,  on  the 
16th  day  of  August,  a.d.  1840,  and  graduated  at  South 
Carolina  College,  Columbia,  a.d.  1861. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Peter's  Church,  Rome,  Georgia, 
on  the  4th  day  of  August,  a.d.  1868,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Charles  Todd  Quintard,  S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  Christ  Church,  Savannah,  Georgia, 
on  the  9th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1871,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Watrous  Beckwith,  S.T.D. 

From  the  1st  of  August,  1868,  until  the  1st  of 
September,  1870,  he  had  charge  of  the  Mission  Stations 
of  Centreville,  Kingston,  Dalton,  and  Cave  Spring,  in 
the  Diocese  of  Georgia.  From  November,  1870,  until 
May,  1871,  he  was  the  Assistant  Minister  in  The  Church 
of  The  Incarnation,  in  the  City  of  New  York,  and  from 


ROBERT    WOODWARD   BARS  WELL   ELLIOTT,     -jytj 

May,  1871,  until  October,  1871,  lie  had  charge  of  The 
Chapel  of  The  Reconciliation  in  the  same  city.  In 
October,  1871,  he  returned  to  Georgia,  and  became 
the  Rector  of  S.  Philip's  Church,  Atlanta,  where  he 
remained  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  University  of  The  South,  Sewance,  Tennessee, 
A.D.  1874. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  Western  Texas 
in  S.  Philip's  Church,  Atlanta,  Georgia,  on  the  15th 
day  of  JSTovember,  a.d.  1874,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Alex- 
ander Gregg,  D.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Ricliard 
Hooker  Wilmer,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Charles  Todd 
Quintard,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  John  Wat- 
rous  Beckwith,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  William 
Bell  White  Howe,  D.D. 

Writings. — 1.  Prize  Essay,  South  Carolina  College, 
1861.  2.  Sermon  before  The  Society  for  the  Increase 
of  The  Ministry,  1876.  3.  Addresses  before  The  Con- 
vocation of  Western  Texas,  1875,  1876,  1877. 

KoTE. — Bishop  Elliott  is  a  son  of  The  Right  Rev. 
Stephen  Elliott,  Jr.,  S.T.D.,  some  time  Bishop  of 
Georgia. 


KTo.  107. 
THE   RIGHT    REVEREND 

JOHN   HENRY  DUCACIIET  WINGFIELD,   D.D.,  LL.D. 

The  first  Missionary  Bishop  of  a  jurisdiction  created 
in  1874,  by  the  division  of  the  Diocese  of  California, 
at  the  southern  line  of  the  Counties  of  Sonoma,  Napa, 
Solano,  Sacramento,  Amador,  and  Eldorado,  and  en- 
titled "  The  Missionary  District  of  Northern  Cali- 
fornia," was  born  in  Portsmouth,  Virginia,  on  the 
24th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1833. 

His  early  education  was  superintended  by  a  private 
tutor.  At  the  age  of  thirteen  he  entered  S.  Timothy's 
College,  Maryland,  where  he  graduated  a.d.  1850.  He 
was  appointed  Tutor,  and  remained  through  two  scho- 
lastic terms.  In  1852  he  entered  the  Senior  class  of 
The  College  of  William  and  Mary,  at  Williamsburg, 
Virginia,  where  he  graduated,  a.d.  1853.  In  the  au- 
tumn of  1853  he  returned  to  S.  Timothy's  College, 
and  continued  his  work  as  a  teacher  for  one  year.  In 
the  autumn  of  1854  he  removed  to  New  York,  and 
became  a  Tutor  in  The  Churchill  Military  Academy, 
at  Sing  Sing. 

In  1855  he  entered  The  Theological  Seminary  of 
Virginia,  at  Alexandria.  In  1856  he  removed  to 
280 


JOILX  lIEMiV  DVCACllET    WINGFIELD.  281 

Arkansas,  and  became  the  Principal  of  "  The  Ashley 
Institute,"  at  Little  Rock. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  Little  Rock, 
Arkansas,  on  the  17tli  day  of  January,  a.d.  1858,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  George  Washington  Freeman,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  The  Chapel  of  The  Theological 
Seminary  of  Virginia,  at  Alexandria,  on  the  1st  day 
of  July,  A.D.  1859,  •  by  The  Right  Rev.  John  Johns, 
S.T.D. 

During  the  early  part  of  his  Diaconate  he  was  the 
Assistant  Minister  in  Christ  Church,  Little  Rock. 

In  July,  1858,  he  became  the  Assistant  Minister 
in  Trinity  Church,  Portsmouth,  Virginia,  of  which 
Church  iiis  fother.  The  Rev.  John  II.  Wingfield, 
D.D.,  was  the  Rector. 

In  1864  he  removed  to  Maryland,  and  became  the 
Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Rockspring,  Harford  County. 

In  1806  he  returned  to  Vu'ginia,  and  again  became 
the  Assistant  Minister  of  Trinity  Church,  Portsmouth. 

In  1868  he  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Paul's  Church, 
Petersburg.  In  1871  he  founded  S.  Paul's  School  for 
young  ladies,  and  became  Rector  and  Professor. 

He  receiv^ed  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  College  of  William  and  Mary,  a.d.  1869,  and  that 
of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  the  same  College,  a.d.  1874. 

In  1874  he  removed  to  California,  and  became  the 
Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  San  Francisco. 

During  the  session  of  the  General  Convention  at 
New  York,  a.d.  1874,  he  was  elected  Missionary  Bishop 
of  Northern  California. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  Northern  Califor- 
nia in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Petersburg,  Virginia,  on  the 

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282  JOHN  HENRY  DUCACHET    WINGFIELD. 

2d  day  of  December,  a.d.  1874,  by  The  Eight  Rev. 
John  Johns,  S.T.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev. 
Thomas  Atkinson,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
Henry  Champlin  Lay,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
William  Pinkney,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev. 
Theodore  Benedict  Lyman,  D.D. 

He  remained  in  Petersburg  in  charge  of  his  old 
Parish,  from  the  time  of  his  Consecration  until  April 
1st,  1875. 

LTpon  his  removal  to  the  jurisdiction  for  which  he 
had  been  Consecrated,  he  became  the  President  of  The 
Missionary  College  of  S.  Augustine,  at  Benicia.  In 
1876  he  became  the  Rector  of  "  S.  Mary's  of  The  Pa 
eific,"  a  school  for  girls,  also  located  at  Benicia,  and 
Rector  of  S.  Paul's  Church,  Benicia. 


No.   108. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

ALEXANDER   CHARLES  GARRETT,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

Missionary  Bishop  of  JSTortliern  Texas,  was  born  in 
BallvTHot,  County  Sligo,  Ireland,  on  tlie  4tli  day  of 
JSTovember,  a.d.  1832. 

Hq  graduated  at  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  a.d.  1855, 
and  took  the  Divinity  Testimonium  on  the  19th  of 
December  in  the  same  year. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Chapel  of  Farnham  Castle, 
Surrey,  England,  on  the  6th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1856, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Charles  Sumner,  D.D.,  Bishop  of 
Winchester. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  place  on  the  5th  day  of 
July,  A.D.  1857,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  held  the  Curacy  of  East  Worldliam,  ITampshiro, 
until  September,  1859.  On  the  19th  day  of  that  month 
he  sailed  as  a  Missionary  to  British  Columbia,  where 
he  remained  for  ten  years,  occupying  various  positions 
in  ministering  to  the  Indians  and  the  Whites, 

In  December,  1869,  he  removed  to  California  and 
became  the  Rector  of  S.  James'  Church,  where  he 
remained  until  1872,  when  he  removed  to  Nebraska 
and  became  Rector  of  Trinity  Cathedral,  Omaha,  and 

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284  ALEXANDER    CHARLES   GARRETT. 

Dean    of  the    Catliedral    Chapter,  which  position   he 
occupied  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  was  elected  Missionary  Bishop  by  both  Houses 
of  the  General  Convention,  a.d.  1874. 

Consecrated  as  Missionary  Bishop  of  Northern  Texas 
in  Trinity  Cathedral,  Omaha,  Nebraska,  on  the  20th 
day  of  December,  a.d.  1874,  by  The  Right  Eev.  Robert 
Harper  Clarkson,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Daniel  Sylvester  Tuttle,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
■William  Hobart  Hare,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Franklin  Spalding,  S.T.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
Nebraska  College,  Nebraska  City,  Nebraska,  a.d.  1872. 
and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  The  University  of, 
Mississippi,  Oxford,  Mississippi,  a.d.  1876. 

"Writings. — 1.  A  few  occasional  Sermons.  2.  A 
Tract, — Historical  Continuity.  3.  A  series  of  Sketches 
on  the  Church.  4.  Primary  Charge  to  the  Clergy  and 
Laily  of  Northern  Texas,  1875. 


No.   lOO. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

WILLIAM   FORBES   ADAMS. 

The  first  Missionary  Bishop  of  New  Mexico  and 
Arizona,  was  born  in  Ireland  on  the  2d  day  of  Jan- 
uary, A.D.  1833. 

He  came  with  Ids  father  to  the  United  States  in 
1841,  and  settled  in  Logan  County,  Kentucky.  In 
1845  he  removed  to  Clarksville,  Tennessee.  He 
studied  privately  and  prepared  himself  for  the  Bar, 
to  which  he  was  admitted  in  Mississippi,  but  he  began 
at  once  the  study  of  Theology. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Andrew's  Church,  Jackson, 
Mississippi,  on  the  27th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1859, 
by  The  Right  Rev.  William  Mercer  Green,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church  on  the  29th  day 
of  July,  A.D.  1860,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  removed  to  Woodville,  Mississippi,  and  became 
the  Rector  of  S.  Paul's  Church,  Avhere  he  remained 
until  1866,  when  he  removed  to  Louisiana,  and  on  the 
1st  of  December  in  that  year  took  charge  of  S.  Peter's 
Church,  New  Orleans.  In  the  following  summer  (1867) 
he  became  the  Rector  of  S.  Paul's  Church,  New  Or- 
leans, where  he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the 
Episcopate. 

285 


286  WILLIAM  FORBES  ADAMS. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  ISTew  Mexico  and 
Arizona  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  New  Orleans,  on  the  17th 
day  of  January,  a.d.  1875,  by  The  Right  Rev.  William 
Mercer  Green,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Richard  Hooker  Wilmer,  D.D.,  and  The  Right 
Rev.  Joseph  Pere  Bell  Wilmer,  D.I). 

Bishop  Adams  sent  his  resignation  of  the  jurisdiction 
to  the  House  of  Bishops  in  1876,  which  was  accepted 
in  October,  a.d.  1877. 


No.   no. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

THOMAS  UNDERWOOD   DUDLEY,   D.D. 

Assistant  Bishop  of  Kentucky,  was  born  in  Richmond, 
Virginia,  on  tlie  26th  day  of  September,  a.d.  1837. 

He  graduated  at  The  University  of  Virginia,  a.d. 
1858. 

Before  entering  the  Ministry,  he  was  Professor  of 
Latin  and  Greek  in  The  University  of  Virginia,  and 
during  the  Civil  "War,  held  a  Commission  in  the  Com- 
missary Department  of  the  Confederate  Army. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Chapel  of  The  Theological 
Seminary  of  Virginia,  at  Alexandria,  Virginia,  on  the 
28th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1867,  by  The  Right  Rev.  John 
Johns,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  place  on  the  26th  day 
of  June,  A.D.  1868,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Francis  Mc- 
Keece  Whittle,  D.D. 

Immediately  upon  his  Ordination  to  the  Diaconate, 
he  took  charge  of  Harrisonburg  Parish,  Virginia.  In 
January,  1869,  he  removed  to  Maryland,  and  became 
the  Assistant  Minister  of  Christ  Church,  Baltimore. 
Upon  the  death  of  the  Rector,  (a.d.  1870,)  he  was 
elected  Rector  of  the  Parish,  where  he  remaiiied  until 
his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

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288  THOMAS    UNDERWOOD  DUDLEY. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
S.  John's  College,  Annapolis,  Maryland,  a.d.  1874. 

Consecrated  Assistant  Bishop  of  Kentucky  in  Christ 
Church,  Baltimore,  on  the  27th  day  of  January,  a.d. 
1875,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Bosworth  Smith, 
S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  John 
Johns,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  William  Bacon  Stevens, 
D.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  William  Pinkney,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  together  with  The  Right  Rev.  Isaac  Helmuth, 
D.D.,  Bishop  of  Huron,  Canada. 

Writings. — Several  Occasional  Sermons  and  Ad- 
dresses. A  Sunday-School  Question  Book  for  The 
Christian  Year. 


N"o.   111. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

JOHN   SCARBOROUGH,    S.T.D. 

The  fourth  Bishop  of  New  Jersey,  was  born  in  Castle 
Wellan,  County  Cork,  Ireland,  on  the  25th  day  of 
April,  A.D.  1831. 

He  graduated  at  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Connec- 
ticut, A.D.  1854,  and  at  The  General  Theological  Semi- 
nary, A.D.  1857. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  ^ew  York,  on 
the  28th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1857,  by  The  Eight  Rev. 
Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Troy,  N'cw 
York,  on  the  14th  day  of  August,  a.d.  1858,  by  the 
same  Prelate. 

His  first  Pastoral  work  was  as  the  Assistant  Minister 
in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Troy.  In  1860  he  became  the 
Rector  of  The  Church  of  The  Holy  Comforter,  Pough- 
keepsie,  New  York,  where  he  remained  for  seven  years, 
when  he  removed  to  Pennsylvania,  and  became  the 
Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Pittsburg,  which  position 
he  held  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  was  a  Deputy  to  the  General  Conventioji  from 
the  Diocese  of  Pittsburg  in  1871,  and  also  in  1874. 

N  '20  289 


290  JOHN  SCARBOROUGH. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Trinity  College,  a.d.  1872. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  New  Jersey  in  S.  Mary's 
Church,  Burlington,  New  Jersey,  on  the  2d  day  of 
February,  a.d.  1875,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Horatio  Pot- 
ter, S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  D.C.L.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev. 
William  Bacon  Stevens,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
John  Barrett  Kerfoot,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
Abram  Newkirk  Littlejohn,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev. 
William  Croswell  Doane,  S.T.D'.,  The  Right  Rev.  Mark 
Antony  DeWolfe  Howe,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev. 
Benjamin  Henry  Paddock,  S.T.D. 

Writings. — A  few  occasional  Sermons,  Addresses, 
Pastoral  Letters,  &c. 


N^o.    112. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

GEORGE    DE   NORMANDIE  GILLESPIE,   S.T.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Western  Michigan,  was  born  in 
Goshen,  Orange  County,  New  York,  on  the  14th  day 
of  June,  A.D.  1819. 

He  graduated  at  The  General  Theological  Seminary, 
A.D.  1840. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Peter's  Church,  New  York, 
on  the  28th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1840,  hy  The  Right  Rev. 
Benjamin  Tredwell  Onderdonk,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Mark's  Church,  Leroy,  New 
York,  on  the  30th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1843,  by  The  Right 
Rev.  AVilliam  Ilcathcote  De  Lancey,  S.T.D. 

His  first  Rectorship  was  that  of  S.  Mark's  Church, 
Leroy,  whence  he  removed  to  Ohio,  and  for  six  years 
held  the  position  of  Rector  of  S.  Paul's  Church,  Cin- 
cinnati. He  returned  to  New  York  and  became  the 
Rector  of  Zion  Church,  Palmyra,  where  he  remained 
ten  years,  when  he  removed  to  Michigan  and  became 
the  Rector  of  S.  Andrew's  Church,  Ann  Arbor,  where 
he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the  Episcopate. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Hobart  College,  Geneva,  New  York,  a.d. 
1875. 

291 


292  GEOROE  BE  NORMAN  DIE   GILLESPIE. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  "Western  Michigan  in  S. 
Mark's  Church,  Grand  Eapids,  Michigan,  on  the  24th 
day  of  February,  a.d.  1875,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel 
Allen  McCoskry,  S.T.D.,  D.C.L.,  assisted  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Joseph  Cruikshank  Talbot,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  William  Henry  Augustus  Bissell,  D.D,, 
The  Right  Rev.  Charles  Franklin  Robertson,  S.T.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  Abram  Newkirk  Littlejohn,  S.T.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Henry  Paddock,  S.T.D., 
and  The  Right  Rev.  Edward  Randolph  Welles,  S.T.D. 

Writings. — Sermons  :  1.  The  Communion  of  Saints, 
An  Holy  Priesthood. — A  Convention  Sermon,  a.d. 
1862.  2.  Tract,  The  Season  of  Lent.  3.  Manual.  4. 
Manual  and  Annals  of  the  Diocese  of  Michigan,  1868. 


No.  113. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

THOMAS  AUGUSTUS  JAGGER,  D.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Soutlicrn  Ohio,  was  horn  in  tlic 
City  of  New  York  on  the  2d  day  of  June,  a.d.  1839. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Christ  Church,  Pelham,  Kew 
York,  on  the  10th  day  of  November,  a.d.  1860,  by  Tlie 
Right  Rev.  Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  George's  Church,  Flushing, 
Long  Ishmd,  on  the  3d  day  of  June,  a.d.  1863,  by  the 
same  Prelate. 

He  was  the  Assistant  :Minister  in  S.  George's  Church, 
Flushing,  from  November  11th,  1860,  to  February  17th, 
1862;  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Bergen  Point,  New 
Jersey,  from  May  15th,  1862,  until  October,  1864,  when 
he  became  Rector  of  the  Anthon  Memorial  Church, 
New  York  City.  In  December,  1868,  he  became  Rector 
of  S.  John's  Church,  Yonkers,  New  York,  and  in  June, 
1870,  Rector  of  The  Church  of  The  Holy  Trinity,  Phil- 
adelphia, where  he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the 
Episcopate. 

;tq'oTE. — The  Diocese  of  Southern  Ohio  was  organ- 
ized, A.D.  1875,  by  the  division  of  the  old  Diocese, 
wdiich  included  the  whole  State.  The  new  Diocese 
comprises  all  that  portion  of  the  State  lying  south  of 
the  southern  line  of  the  Counties  of  Mercer,  Shelby, 

C  *  293 


294  THOMAS  AUGUSTUS  JAGGER. 

Logan,  Union,  Marion,  Morrow,  Knox,  Coshocton, 
Tuscarawas,  Harrison,  and  Jefferson.  Bishop  Bedell 
elected  to  take  tlie  Northern  Diocese,  which  preserved 
the  old  title,  "  Diocese  of  Ohio,"  and  The  Rev.  Dr. 
Jagger  was  elected  Bishop  of  the  new  See. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
The  University  of  Pennsylvania,  a.d.  1874. 

Consecrated  as  Bishop  of  Southern  Ohio  in  The 
Church  of  The  Holy  Trinity,  Philadelphia,  on  the  28th 
day  of  April,  a.d.  1875,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin 
Bosworth  Smith,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  WilHam 
Bacon  Stevens,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Abram 
ITewkirk  Littlejohn,  S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  William 
Woodruff^  Niles,  S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  William 
Hobart  Hare,  S.T.D.,  together  with  The  Right  Rev. 
William  Walrond  Jackson,  D.D.,  The  Bishop  of 
Antigua,  West  Indies. 

Writings. — A  few  occasional  Sermons,  Addresses  to 
his  Convention,  &c. 


No.  114. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

WILLIAM   EDWARD   McLAREN,  S.T.D. 

The  third  Bishop  of  Illinois,  was  born  in  Geneva, 
Ontario  County,  New  York,  on  the  13th  day  of  De- 
cember, 1831. 

He  graduated  at  Jefferson  College,  (now  Washington 
and  Jefferson,)  Washington,  Pennsylvania,  a.d.  1851. 

In  1851-2  he  was  engaged  in  teaching.  From  1852 
to  1857  he  pursued  the  avocation  of  a  Journalist  in 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  in  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania. 
From  1857  to  1860  he  studied  Theology  in  the  Pres- 
byterian Theological  Seminary  at  Pittsburg.  In  1860 
he  was  Ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Alleghany  City, 
and  sent  by  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign  ^Mis- 
sions  to  Bogota,  South  America,  where  he  remained 
three  years.  Returning  to  the  United  States,  he  offi- 
ciated as  Assistant  Minister  in  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Congregation  at  Pittsburg  for  a  few  months,  when  he 
removed  to  Peoria,  Blinois,  and  became  the  Pastor  of 
the  Second  Presbj'terian  Congregation  at  that  place. 
In  1867  he  removed  to  Michigan  and  became  the 
Pastor  of  the  Westminster  Presbyterian  Congrega- 
tion, Detroit.  Here  he  became  involved  in  doubts 
respecting  some  of  the  doctrines  of  the  Presbyterian 

295 


296  WILLIAM  EDWARD  MoLAREN. 

system,  and  attracted  to  the  Sacramental  system  con- 
tained in  The  Book  of  Common  Prayer.  After  a  most 
thorough  investigation  of  the  whole  subject,  he  resigned 
his  Pastorate,  and  was  Confirmed  by  The  Bishop  of 
Michigan  in  S.  John's  Church,  Detroit. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  John's  Church,  Detroit,  on  the 
29th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1872,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Samuel 
Allen  McCoskry,  S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  Church  on  the  20th  day 
of  October,  a.d.  1872,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

Immediately  after  his  Ordination  to  the  Priesthood 
he  removed  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  became  the  Rector 
of  Trinity  Church. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Racine  College,  Racine,  Wisconsin,  a.d. 
187^5. 

In  September,  1875,  he  was  elected  to  the  Episcopate 
of  Illinois. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Illinois  in  the  Cathedral 
Church  of  S.S.  Peter  and  Paul  in  Chicago,  Blinois, 
on  the  6th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1875,  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Samuel  Allen  McCoskry,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Gregory  Thurston  Bedell,  D.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  Henry  Benjamin  Whipple,  D.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  Joseph  Cruikshank  Talbot,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Robert  Harper  Clarkson, 
D.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  John  Franklin  Spald- 
ing, D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Oeorge  De  Normandie 
Gillespie,  S.T.D. 

In  the  second  year  of  his  Episcopate,  (1877,)  the 
Diocese  of  Illinois  was  divided  and  two  new  Sees 
formed, — the  Diocese  of  Quincy  and  the  Diocese  of 


WILLIAM  EDWARD   McLAREN.  297 

Springfield.  By  Canonical  choice,  Bishop  McLaren 
retained  the  charge  of  that  portion  which  kept  the  old 
title  of  Illinois. 

'Whitings. — Various  Sermons,  Addresses,  iind  Papers 
in  Periodicals. 


N* 


No.  115. 
THE    RIGHT    REVEREND 

JOHN   HENRY   IIOBART  BROWN,   S.T.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Fond  du  Lac,  was  born  in  the  City 
of  New  York  on  the  1st  day  of  December,  a.d.  1831. 

He  graduated  at  The  Greneral  Theological  Seminary, 
New  York,  a.d.  1854. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  on 
the  2d  day  of  July,  a.d.  1854,  by  The  Eight  Eev. 
Jonathan  Mayhew  Wainwright,  D.D.,  D.C.L. 

Ordained  Priest  in  The  Church  of  The  Holy  Com- 
munion, New  York,  on  the  1st  day  of  December,  a.d. 
1855,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D., 
LL.D. 

In  1854  he  was  Assistant  Minister  in  Grace  Church, 
Brooklyn,  Long  Island,  and  while  there  he  organized 
"  The  Church  of  The  Good  Angels,"  (now  Emmanuel 
Church,)  Brooklyn,  of  which  he  became  the  Rector. 

In  1856  he  became  the  Rector  of  The  Church  of  The 
Evangelists,  (old  S.  George's  Chapel,)  Beekman  Street, 
New  York. 

In  1863  he  became  the  Rector  of  S.  John's  Church, 
Cohoes,  New  York. 

In  1868  he  was  Secretary  to  the  Diocesan  Convention 
of  Albany. 

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JOHN  HENRY  HOB  ART  BROWN.  299 

Li  1870  he  was  made  Archdeacon  of  tlie  Albany 
Convocation. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  The- 
ology from  Racine  College,  a.d.  1874. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Fond  du  Lac  in  S.  John's 
Church,  Cohoes,  New  York,  (Diocese  of  Albany,)  on 
the  15th  day  of  December,  a.d.  1875,  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  D.C.L.,  assisted 
by  The  Right  Rev.  Wm.  Henry  Augustus  Bissell, 
D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  William  Croswell  Doane, 
S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  William  Woodruff  Nilcs, 
S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Henry  Paddock, 
S.T.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  Edward  Randolph  Welles, 
S.T.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  John  Scarborough,  S.T.D. 

Writings. — He  has  published  a  few  single  Sermons, 
Pamphlets  and  Addresses. 

Note. — The  Diocese  of  Fond  du  Lac  was  organized 
A.D.  1875,  and  consists  of  the  Counties  of  Marathon, 
Lincoln,  Oconto,  Shawano,  Door,  Kewaunee,  Brown, 
Outagamie,  Waupaca,  Portage,  Wood,  Adams,  Wau- 
shara, Winnebago,  Calumet,  Manitowoc,  Sheboygan, 
Fond  du  Lac,  Green  Lake,  Marquette,  and  a  part  of 
Dodge  County,  in  the  State  of  Wisconsin. 


No.  116. 
THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

WILLIAM   STEVENS   PERRY,   S.T.D.,   LL.D. 

The  second  Bisliop  of  Iowa,  was  born  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  on  the  22d  day  of  January,  a.d.  1832. 

He  graduated  at  Harvard  College,  Cambridge,  Mas- 
sachusetts, A.D.  1854.  J 

Ordered  Deacon  in  Grace  Church,  I^ewton,  Massa- 
chusetts, on  the  29th  day  of  March,  a.d.  1857,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Manton  Eastburn,  S.T.D.,  LL.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Boston,  on  the 
7th  day  of  April,  a.d.  1858,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  was  Assistant  Minister  at  S.  Paul's  Church,  Bos- 
ton, from  May,  1857,  to  October,  1858 ;  Rector  of  S. 
Luke's  Church,  Nashua,  New  Hampshire,  from  ISTo- 
vember,  1858,  until  April,  1861 ;  Rector  of  S.  Stephen's 
Church,  Portland,  Maine,  from  May,  1861,  until  No- 
vember, 1863  ;  Editor  of  The  Church  Monthly,  Bos- 
ton, 1864 ;  Rector  of  S.  Michael's  Church,  Litchfield, 
Connecticut,  from  November,  1864,  until  April,  1869 ; 
Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Geneva,  New  York,  from 
May,  1869,  until  September,  1876. 

President  of  Hobart  College  from  April,  1876,  until 
September,  1876,  at  which  time  he  was  elevated  to  the 
Episcopate  of  Iowa. 
800 


WILLIAM  STEVENS  PERRY.  gQl 

lie  received  the  Collegiate  Degrees  in  regular 
Course,  Master  of  Arts  [ad  eundcm)  from  Bishop's 
College,  Lennoxville,  Canada  East,  a.d.  1859,  Doctor 
of  Sacred  Theology  from  Trinity  College,  Ilarttbrd, 
Connecticut,  a.d.  18G9,  and  Doctor  of  Laws  from  The 
College  of  William  and  Mary,  Williamsburg,  Virginia, 
A.D.  1876. 

He  was  a  Deputy  to  the  General  Convention  from 
New  Hampshire,  a.d.  1859 ;  from  the  Diocese  of  Maine, 
A.D.  1862,  at  which  Convention  he  was  made  Assistant 
Secretary. 

In  1868  he  was  elected  Secretary  to  the  House  of 
Clerical  and  Lay  Deputies  in  the  General  Convention, 
which  position  he  held  in  the  Convention  of  1871,  and 
also  in  1874. 

Historiographer  of  The  American  Church,  a.d. 
1868;  Professor  of  History  in  Ilobart  College,  a.d. 
1871-72-73. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Iowa  in  Trinity  Church, 
Geneva,  Diocese  of  Western  Kew  York,  on  the  10th 
day  of  September,  a.d.  1876,  by  his  uncle.  The  Right 
Rev.  William  Bacon  Stevens,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Arthur  Cleveland  Coxe,  S.T.D.,  LL.D., 
The  Right  Rev.  John  Barrett  Kerfoot,  S.T.D.,  LL.D., 
and  The  Right  Rev.  Wm.  Henry  Augustus  Bissell, 
D.D.,  together  with  The  Most  Rev.  Ashton  Oxenden, 
D.D.,  Bishop  of  Montreal,  and  Metropolitan,  who  also 
preached  the  sermon. 

Writings. — 1.  Historical  Sketch  of  the  Church  Mis- 
sionary Association  of  the  Eastern  District  of  Massa- 
chusetts. 1859.  2.  Journals  of  the  General  Conven- 
tion of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the  United 

26 


302  WILLIAM  STEVENS  PERRY. 

States  of  America,  with  Illustrative  Historical  Notes 
and  Appendices,  by  the  Rev.  Francis  L.  Hawks  and 
the  Rev.  William  Stevens  Perry.  Yol.  I.  (all  pub- 
lished), 8vo.,  1861.  3.  Bishop  Seabury  and  Bishop 
Provoost ;  an  Historical  Fragment.     Privately  printed. 

1862.  4.  Documentary  History  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  South  Carolina.  Rev.  Francis  L. 
Hawks  and  Rev.  William  Stevens  Perry,  Editors. 
N'o.  I.  (all  published).  5.  The  Collects  of  the  Church. 
Privately  printed.  1864.  6.  The  Connection  of  the 
Church  of  England  with  early  American  Colonization. 
Large  8vo.,  1863.  7.  The  Church's  Worship  Spiritual 
and  True.  A  Sermon  preached  in  the  Parish  Church 
of  S.  George,  Lennoxville,  Canada  East,  before  the  An- 
nual Meeting  of  the  Convention  of  the  University  of 
Bishop's  College,  June  25th,  1868.  8.  The  Church's 
Worship  Spiritual  and  True.  A  Sermon  preached  in 
the  Church  of  the  Ascension,  IsTew  York,  on  the  ISTine- 
teenth  Sunday  after  Trinity,  October  11th,  1873,  at  the 
Anniversary  of  the  New  York  Bible  and  Common 
Prayer  Book  Society.  9.  Bishop  Seabury  and  the 
*'  Episcopal  Recorder."  A  Yindication.  Privately 
printed.  10.  A  Century  of  Episcopacy  in  Portland, 
A  Sketch  of  the  History  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in 
Portland,  Maine,  from  the  Organization  of  St.  Paul's, 
Falmouth,  ISTovember  4th,  1763,  to  the  Present  Time. 

1863.  11.  Documentary  History  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Cliureh  in  the  United  States  of  America, 
containing  numerous  hitherto  unpublished  Documents 
concerning  the  Church  in  Connecticut.  Rev.  Francis 
L.  Hawks  and  Rev.  William  Stevens  Perry,  Editors. 
Yol.  I.    New  York,  1863.    12.  The  same,  vol.  H.,  New 


WILLIAM  STEVENS  PERRY.  303 

York,  1864.  13.  Of  the  Imitation  of  Clirist.  Four 
books.  By  Thomas  a  Kcmpis.  (Edited,  with  an  Intro- 
duction.) Boston,  18G4.  14.  Tlie  Church  Monthly,  vols. 
VI.  and  VII.  Editors  :  Rev.  John  Cotton  Smith,  D.D., 
and  Rev.  "William  Stevens  Perry.  1864.  15.  Prep- 
aration for  the  Holy  Communion.  By  Mrs.  Sewell. 
(Edited,  with  an  Introduction.)  1864.  16.  Liturgic 
AVorship.  Sermons  on  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer. 
By  Bishops  and  Clergy  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church.  New  York,  1864.  (Edited,  the  course 
planned,  and  one  of  the  Sermons  delivered  by  W.  S. 
P.)  17.  A  Memorial  of  the  Rev.  Thos.  Mather  Smith, 
D.D.  Privately  printed.  1866.  18.  Thankfulness  for 
our  Past,  our  Present,  and  our  Future.  A  Sermon 
preached  in  S.  Micliael's  Church,  Litchiield,  Connec- 
ticut, on  the  day  of  JSTational  Thanksgiving,  Thursday, 
Is"ovember  26th,  1866.  19.  A  History  of  the  Book  of 
Common  Prayer,  with  a  Rationale  of  its  Offices.  By 
Francis  Proctor.  With  an  Introductory  Chapter  on 
the  History  of  the  American  Liturgy.  1868.  20. 
Questions  on  the  Life  and  Labors  of  the  Great  Apostle. 
New  York,  1869.  21.  The  Churchman's  Year  Book. 
1870.  22.  The  same.  1871.  23.  Historical  Collections 
of  the  American  Colonial  Church,  Vol.  I.  Virginia. 
4to.,  1871.  24.  The  same,  vol.  H.  Pennsylvania. 
1872.  25.  The  same,  vol.  IH.  Massachusetts.  1873. 
26.  Life  Lessons  from  the  Book  of  Proverbs.  New 
York,  1872.    27.  A  Sunday-School  Experiment.    1874. 

28.  Hand-Book  of  the    General    Convention.      1874. 

29.  Journals  of  the  General  Convention,  1785  to  1835. 
3  vols.,  8vo.  30.  Historical  Notes-  and  Documents 
illustrating  the  Organization  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 


304  WILLIAM  STEVENS  PERRY. 

pal  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America.  1874. 
31.  Anglo-American  Sympathy  with  Continental  Re- 
form. A  Sermon  preached  in  Westminster  Abhey  on 
Sunday,  October  17th,  1875.  32.  A  Sunday-School 
Experiment  (Revised  and  Enlarged).  1876.  33.  The 
Reunion  Conference  at  Bonn,  1875.  A  Personal  ISTar- 
rative.  Printed  privately.  1876.  34.  An  Open  Letter 
to  the  Members  of  the  Cathedral  Congregation  from 
the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese.  Davenport,  Iowa,  1877. 
35.  A  Memorial  to  the  Regents  of  the  University  of 
the  State  of  Iowa.  1877.  36.  A  Sunday-School  Ex- 
periment. 1877.  37.  The  American  Cathedral.  Dav- 
enport, 1877.  38.  The  Episcopal  Address  of  William 
Stevens  Perry,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Bishop  of  Iowa.  Daven- 
port, 1877.  39.  The  Bishop  of  Iowa's  Address,  and 
its  Assailants.  A  Correspondence  privately  printed. 
1877.  40.  A  Hand-Book  of  the  General  Convention, 
1785-1877.  (Third  Edition,  enlarged.)  41.  Missions 
and  Missionary  Bishoprics  in  the  American  Church. 
A  Paper  read  before  the  Church  Congress  held  at 
Stoke-upon-Trent,  England,  October,  1875.  Privately 
printed.  1877.  42.  Historical  Collections  of  The 
American  Colonial  Church.  Vol.  IV.  Maryland. 
4to.,  1878.  43.  The  same,  vol.  V.  Delaware.  4to., 
1878. 


IvTo.     117. 
TUE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

CHARLES   CLIFTON   PENICK,  D.D. 

The  third  Missionary  Bishop  of  Cape  Palmas  and 
parts  adjacent  in  West  Africa,  was  born  in  Charlotte 
County,  Virginia,  on  the  9th  day  of  December,  a.d. 
1843. 

In  1860  he  attended  a  Military  School  in  Danville, 
Virginia,  whence  he  entered  Hampden  Sidney  College, 
Prince  Edward  County,  Virginia. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War,  he  entered  the 
Confederate  Army  as  Quartermaster  in  the  38th  Vir- 
ginia Regiment,  where  he  remained  until  Lee's  surren- 
der. 

He  graduated  at  The  Theological  Seminary  of  Vir- 
ginia, Alexandria,  a.d.  1869. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  The  Chapel  of  The  Theological 
Seminary  of  Virginia,  on  the  26th  day  of  June,  a.d. 
1869,  by  The  Eight  Rev.  John  Johns,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  same  place  on  the  24th  day 
of  June,  A.D.  1870,  by  the  same  Prelate. 

He  spent  his  Diaconate  in  Bristol,  Dinwiddle  County, 
Virginia,  and  upon  his  ordination  to  the  Priesthood 
removed  to  Maryland,  where  he  became  the  Rector  of  S. 
George's  Church,  Mount  Savage.     In  1872  he  removed 

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gQg  CHARLES  CLIFTON  PENICK. 

to  Baltimore,  and  took  charge  of  The  Church  of  The 
Messiah,  of  which  he  subsequently  became  the  Rector, 
and  where  he  remained  until  his  elevation  to  the  Epis- 
copate. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  Cape  Palmas  and 
parts  adjacent  in  Western  Africa  in  S.  Paul's  Church, 
Alexandria,  Virginia,  on  the  13th  day  of  February,  a.d. 
1877,  by  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Atkinson,  S.T.D., 
LL.D.,  assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Francis  McKeece 
Whittle,  D.D.,  The  Right  Rev.  William  Pinkney, 
D.D.,  and  The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  Underwood  Dud- 
ley, D.D. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 
Kenyon  College,  Gambler,  Ohio,  a.d.  1877. 


N^o.   118. 
THE   RIGUT   REVEREND 

SAMUEL  ISAAC  JOSEPH   SCHERESCIIEWSKT,  D.D. 

The  second  Missionary  Bishop  to  China,  was  born  in 
Tanroggen,  Russian  Lithuania,  on  the  6th  clay  of  J^Iay, 

A.D.  1831. 

He  was  educated  partly  in  his  native  town,  partly  in 
the  neighboring  town  of  Krazi,  and  at  the  Rabbinical 
College  at  Zhitomer,  Russia.  He  spent  t^vo  years  in 
Germany,  at  the  University  of  Breslau. 

On  coming  to  the  United  States,  he  entered  the 
Western  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Prcsl)Yterians 
at  Pittsburg,  which  he  left  and  entered  The  General 
Theological  Seminary  at  New  York. 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  George's  Church,  New  York, 
on  the  7th  day  of  July,  a.d.  1859,  by  The  Right  Rev. 
"William  Jones  Boone,  D.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  the  Mission  Chapel,  Shanghai, 
on  the  28th  day  of  October,  a.d.  1860,  by  the  same 
Prelate. 

In  1875  he  was  elected  by  the  House  of  Bishops 
to  the  Episcopate  for  China,  which  he  declined.  In 
October,  1877,  he  was  again  elected  and  persuaded  to 
accept. 

He  received  the  Degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  from 

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308     SAMUEL  ISAAC  JOSEPH  SCHERESCHEWSKY. 

Kenyon  College,  Gambler,  Ohio,  a.d.  1876,  and  that  of 
Doctor  of  Sacred  Theology  from  Columbia  College, 
ISTew  York,  a.d.  1877. 

Consecrated  Missionary  Bishop  of  Shanghai,  having 
jurisdiction  in  China,  in  Grace  Church,  New  York,  on 
the  31st  day  of  October,  a.d.  1877,  by  The  Eight  Rev. 
Benjamin  Bosworth  Smith,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  assisted  by 
The  Right  Rev.  Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,D.C.L., 
The  Right  Rev.  Gregory  Thurston  Bedell,  D.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  "William  Bacon  Stevens,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  John  Barrett  Kerfoot,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  and 
The  Right  Rev.  Theodore  Benedict  Lyman,  D.D. 

Bishop  Schereschev^sky  has  translated  from  the  He- 
brew the  whole  of  the  Old  Testament  Scriptures  into 
Mandarin  Chinese.  He  was  also  one  of  the  Committee 
for  the  translation  of  the  E"ew  Testament  from  the 
Greek  into  the  same  language.  In  co-operation  v^dth 
the  present  (a.d.  1868)  Bishop  of  Hong  Kong  (The 
Right  Rev.  J.  S.  Burdon,  D.D.)  he  has  translated  The 
Book  of  Common  Prayer  into  Mandarin  Chinese.  He 
has  also  translated  the  Gospel  of  S.  Mark  into  Mon- 
golian, and  has  in  preparation  a  Dictionary  of  the 
Mongolian  language. 


APPENDIX. 


309 


THE   CHURCH  m  HAITI. 


At  the  meeting  of  tlie  General  Convention  in  1874, 
a  Memorial  from  the  Convocation  of  Haiti  was  pre- 
sented by  the  Bishop  of  Delaware,  which  was  referred 
to  the  Committee  on  Foreign  ^Missions,  who  submitted 
the  following  resolution : 

JRcsohrd,  That  the  Memorial  of  the  Convocation  in 
Haiti  be  referred  to  the  Board  of  Missions,  to  ascertain 
what  measure  may  seem  to  them  best  for  securing  the 
effectual  Episcopal  supervision  of  the  parishes  in  Haiti. 

In  response  to  this  action,  the  Board  of  Missions 
sent  the  following  resolutions  to  the  House  of  Bishops 
at  the  meeting  of  the  General  Convention  in  1874  : 

Resolved,  That  it  is  necessary  to  the  further  prosecu- 
tion of  our  missionary  work  in  Haiti,  that  a  Missionary 
Bishop  should  be  consecrated  for  that  Island. 

Resoloed,  That  the  House  of  Bishops  is  hereby  re- 
spectfully requested  to  elect  and  consecrate  a  Bishop 
for  the  Island  of  Haiti. 

Upon  the  motion  of  the  Bishop  of  Western  ITew 
York,  the  foHowing  Covenant  was  entered  into  between 
the  American  Church  and  The  Rev.  James  Theodore 
Holly,  who  represented  the  Haiti  on  Clergy.  Upon  the 
completion  of  the  Covenant,  Dr.  Holly  was  elected  and 

consecrated  Bishop  of  Haiti. 

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312  APPENDIX. 

House  of  Bishops,  November  3d,  1874. 
Resolved,  That  the  following  Covenant  between  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States  and 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  Haiti  be  entered 
upon  the  Journal  of  this  House : 

Covenant. 

In  the  Name  of  the  Most  Holy  and  Undivided  Trinity, 

Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost.     Amen. 

The  following  Covenant,  or  Articles  of  Agreement, 
Concord,  and  Union,  between  the  House  of  Bishops 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America  of  the  first  part,  and  the  Convo- 
cation of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Re- 
public of  Haiti  of  the  second  part,  establishes  the 
ensuing  stipulations  mutually  entered  into  by  the  two 
Churches  aforesaid : 

Article  1.  The  House  of  Bishops  aforesaid,  in  con- 
sideration of  the  fact  that  all  the  Clergy,  eleven  in 
number,  belonging  to  the  Church  in  Haiti,  owe  no 
allegiance  to  the  government  of  these  United  States, 
but  are  Haitien  citizens,  do  hereby  recognize  the  afore- 
said Church  in  Haiti  as  of  right  as  also  in  point  of  fact 
a  foreign  Church  to  all  intents  and  purposes  within  the 
meaning  of  Article  10  of  the  Constitution  of  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church  in  the  said  United  States  of 
America.  But  while  the  aforesaid  House  of  Bishops 
doth  thus  recognize  the  Church  in  Haiti  to  be  a  foreign 
Church,  yet,  during  its  early  growth  and  development, 
it  shall  continue  to  enjoy  the  nursing  care  of  the  Church 
in  these  United  States  until  the  Church  in  Haiti  shall 
attain  to  competency  for  its  own  support,  and  to  a  suffi- 


THE   CHURCH  IN  HAITI.  313 

ciency  in  its  Episcopate  for  tlic  administration  of  its 
own  aftairs,  according  to  the  requirements  of  the 
ancient  Canons  and  primitive  usages  of  the  Church 
of  Christ. 

Art.  2.  The  House  of  Bishops,  acting  under  the 
aforesaid  Article  10  of  the  Constitution  of  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States  of 
America,  and  availing  itself  of  the  concession  made 
to  them  by  the  Protestant  P]piscopal  Church  in  the 
Republic  of  Haiti  in  the  stipulation  contained  in  Ar- 
ticle 5  following  of  this  Covenant,  will  designate  and 
consecrate  to  the  Office  of  Bishop  one  of  the  Clergy- 
men of  the  aforesaid  Church  in  Haiti  (making  selection 
of  the  said  person  according  to  the  best  of  its  godly 
judgment  as  to  his  fitness  and  qualifications  for  such 
a  high  and  holy  vocation). 

Art.  3.  The  said  House  of  Bishops  furthermore 
asrrees  to  name  from  amonoj  its  own  members  a  Com- 
mission  of  four  Bishops,  with  whom  the  aforesaid 
Bishop  or  Bishops  to  be  consecrated  for  the  Church 
in  Haiti  shall  be  associated.  And  this  Commission 
shall  form  a  temporary  Board  of  Administration  for 
the  Episcopal  government  of  the  Church  in  Haiti. 
And,  as  such,  a  majority  of  the  same  shall  be  com- 
petent to  take  order  for  the  designation  and  consecra- 
tion of  future  Bishops  in  Haiti,  as  the  necessity  may 
arise,  on  the  demand  of  the  Convocation  of  the 
Church  in  that  Republic.  The  said  temporary  Board 
of  Administration  shall  be  furthermore  empowered  to 
administer  all  the  discipline  pertaining  to  the  Episcopal 
order  of  the  Ministry  for  the  Church  in  Haiti  until  at 
least  three  Bishops  shall  be  designated,  consecrated, 

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314  APPENDIX. 

and  canonically  established  in  said  Church.  It  being 
understood  that  this  Commission  of  Bishops  shall  l)e 
governed  in  the  exercise  of  their  Episcopal  adminis- 
tration, judgments,  and  acts  by  the  provisions  con- 
tained in  the  Constitution  and  Canons  of  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States  of 
America,  so  far  as  the  same  can  be  applied  to  the 
divergent  circumstances  of  the  Church  in  Haiti, 

Art.  4.  The  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  Haiti 
on  its  part  agrees  always  to  guard  in  all  their  essentials 
a  conformity  to  the  doctrine,  worship,  and  discipline 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America,  as  the  same  are  set  forth  in  the 
duly  authorized  standards  of  the  said  Church,  and 
that  it  will  not  depart  therefrom  any  further  than 
local  circumstances  shall  make  it  necessary. 

Art.  5.  The  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  Haiti 
further  agrees  to  concede  to  the  House  of  Bishops  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States 
of  America,  the  choice  of  its  first  Bishop  to  be  con- 
secrated; and  thereafter  to  concede  the  same  pre- 
rogative to  a  majority  of  the  Commission  of  Bishops 
forming  the  temporary  Board  of  Administration  to 
choose  or  designate  among  the  Haitien  Clergy  future 
Bishops  on  the  demand  of  the  Convocation  in  Haiti. 
And  this  prerogative  shall  continue  until,  in  the  good 
Providence  of  God,  three  Bishops  shall  be  canonically 
resident  and  exercising  jurisdiction  in  the  Church  of 
Haiti.  Then  this  prerogative  shall  cease  on  the  part 
of  the  aforesaid  Commission,  and  all  its  functions 
revert  to  those  three  Bishops  thus  established  in 
Haiti. 


THE   CHURCH  IN  HAITI.  315 

In  testimony  whereof,  these  Articles  liave  been 
signed  in  dnplieate,  on  the  part  of  the  House  of 
IMshops,  by  the  Bishops  appointed  for  that  purpose, 
and  on  the  part  of  the  Convocation  of  the  Church  in 
Haiti,  by  its  Dean,  who  has  exhibited  duly  authenti- 
cated' credentials  clothing  him  with  full  power  to  act 
in  this  matter  in  the  name  and  in  the  behalf  of  the 
Convocation  aforesaid. 

Done  in  the  City  of  Kew  York,  on  the  third  day  of 
November,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  seventy-four. 

(Signed)  James  Theodore  Holly, 

Bean,  ^c.   [l.  s.] 
William  R.  Whittikgham, 

Bishojy  of  3Iaryland.   [l.  s.] 
Alfred  Lee, 

Bishop  of  Belaware.   [l.  s.] 
Thomas  Atkinson, 
Bishop  of  North  Carolina,    [l.  s.] 
Horatio  Potter, 

Bisho}:)  of  New  York.   [l.  s.] 
G.  T.  Bedell, 
Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Ohio.   [l.  s.] 

A.  Cleveland  Coxe, 
Bishop  of  Western  Nao  York.   [l.  s.] 
Done  in  my  presence,  and  duplicates  exchanged. 
Attest:  Henry  C.  Potter, 

Secretary  of  the  House  of  Bishops. 


THE   RIGHT   REVEREND 

JAMES  THEODORE   HOLLY,  D.D. 

The  first  Bishop  of  Haiti.  > 

Ordered  Deacon  in  S.  Paul's  Church,  Detroit,  Mich- 
igan, on  the  17th  day  of  June,  a.d.  1855,  by  The  Right 
Rev.  Samuel  Allen  McCoskry,  S.T.D. 

Ordained  Priest  in  S.  Luke's  Church,  I^ew  Haven, 
Connecticut,  on  the  3d  day  of  January,  a.d.  1856,  by 
The  Right  Rev.  John  Williams,  S.T.D. 

Consecrated  Bishop  of  Haiti  in  Grace  Church,  New 
York,  on  the  8th  day  of  November,  a.d.  1874,  by  The 
Right  Rev.  Benjamin  Bosworth  Smith,  S.T.D.,  LL.D., 
assisted  by  The  Right  Rev.  Alfred  Lee,  S.T.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  Horatio  Potter,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  D.C.L.,  The 
Right  Rev.  William  Bacon  Stevens,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  Arthur  Cleveland  Coxe,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  The 
Right  Rev.  John  Barrett  Kerfoot,  S.T.D.,  LL.D.,  and 
The  Right  Rev.  Reginald  Courtenay,  D.D.,  The  Bishop 
of  Kingston. 


316 


A  LIST  OF  CLERGYMEN  ELECTED  TO  THE 
EPISCOPATE,  WHO  DECLINED  THE  HONOR, 
OR  WHOSE  ELECTION  WAS  NOT  CON- 
FIRMED. 


1783.— The  Rev.  William  Smith,  D.D.  Elected 
Bishop  of  Maryland.  He  went  to  England  for  Con- 
secration, but  his  election  having  been  pronounced 
defective,  consecration  was  refused. 

1786.— The  Rev.  David  Griffith.  Elected  Bishop  of 
Virginia.     Declined. 

1794._The  Rev.  Charles  Pettigrcw.  Elected  Bishop 
of  North  Carolina.     Declined. 

1796._The  Rev.  John  Croes.  Elected  Bishop  of 
Connecticut.     Declined. 

1798.— The  Rev.  IJzal  Ogden.  Elected  Bishop  of 
New  Jersey.  Election  reported  illegal,  and  not  con- 
firmed. Mr.  Ogden  left  the  Church  and  joined  the 
Presbyterians. 

1804.— The  Rev.  Edward  Jenkins,  D.D.  Elected 
Bishop  of  South  Carolina.     Declined. 

1812.— The  Rev.  John  Bracken,  D.D.  Elected 
Bishop  of  Virginia.     Declined. 

1835.— The  Rev.  Francis  L.  Hawks.  Elected  Mis- 
sionary Bishop  of  Arkansas  and  The  Indian  Territory. 
Declined. 

27*  317 


318  APPENDIX. 

1838.— The  Rev.  Maiiton  Eastburn.  Elected  Bishop 
of  Mary  hind.     Declined. 

1841.— The  Rev.  John  A.  Yaughan,  D.D.  Elected 
Bishop  of  Cape  Palmas.     Declined. 

1841.— The  Rev.  K  H.  Cobbs.  Elected  Missionary 
Bishop  of  Texas.     Declined. 

1844.— The  Rev.  Francis  L.  Hawks,  D.D.  Elected 
Bishop  of  Mississippi.     Declined. 

1844. — The  Rev.  Alexander  Glennie.  Elected  Bishop 
of  Cape  Palmas.     Declined. 

1847. — The  Rev.  Samuel  Bowman.  Elected  Bishop 
of  Indiana.     Declined. 

1847.— The  Rev.  J.  B.  Britton.  Elected  Assistant 
Bishop  of  Illinois.     Election  not  confirmed. 

1849.— The  Rev.  Francis  Yinton.  Elected  Bishop 
of  Indiana.     Declined. 

1854.— The  Rev.  William  Creighton,  D.D.  Elected 
Provisional  Bishop  of  IsTew  York.     Declined. 

1855.— The  Rev.  Arthur  Cleveland  Coxe.  Elected 
Bishop  of  Texas.     Declined. 

1856.— The  Rev.  Sullivan  H.  Weston.  Elected  Bishop 
of  Texas.     Declined. 

1856.— The  Rev,  Jacob  L.  Clark,  D.D.  Elected  Mis- 
sionary Bishop  of  Nebraska  and  Kansas.  Not  confirmed. 

1859.— The  Rev.  Jacob  L.  Clark,  D.D.  Elected 
Missionary  Bishop  of  Nebraska.     Declined. 

1865.— The  Rev.  Milton  C.  Lightner.  Elected  Mis- 
sionary Bishop  of  Colorado.     Not  confirmed. 

1865.— The  Rev.  Robert  J.  Parvin.  Elected  Mis- 
sionary Bishop  of  Nevada.     Not  confirmed. 

1865.— The  Rev.  M.  A.  DeWolfe  Howe,  D.D. 
Elected  Missionary  Bishop  of  Nevada.     Declined. 


CLERGYMEN  ELECTED    TO    THE  EPISCOPATE.       ^19 

1808.— The  Rev.  B.  11.  raddock.  Elected  Mission- 
ary Bishop  of  Oregon  and  Washington  Territory. 
Declined. 

1869.— The  Rev.  A.  K  Littlejohn,  D.D.  Elected 
Bishop  of  Central  New  York.     Declined. 

1871.— The  Rev.  W.  II.  Hare.  Elected  Missionary 
Bishop  for  Cape  Palmas  and  parts  adjacent  in  Africa. 
Declined. 

1873.— The  Rev.  Benjamin  I.  Haight,  D.D.,  LL.D. 
Elected  Bishop  of  Massachusetts.     Declined. 

1874. — The  Rev.  Leighton  Coleman.  Elected  Bishop 
of  Fond  du  Lac.     Declined. 

1874.— The  Rev.  Geo.  F.  Seymour,  S.T.D.  Elected 
Bishop  of  Illinois.     N'ot  confirmed. 

1874.— The  Rev.  Wm.  P.  Orrick.  Elected  Bishop 
of  Shanghai,  with  jurisdiction  in  China.     Declined. 

1874.— The  Rev.  James  De  Kovcn,  S.T.D.  Elected 
Bishop  of  Illinois.     iSTot  confirmed. 

1875.— The  Rev.  W.  H.  Clarke,  D.D.  Elected  Mis- 
sionary Bishop  of  Cape  Palmas,  with  jurisdiction  in 
West  Africa.     Declined. 

1875.— The  Rev.  Henry  C.  Potter,  D.D.  Elected 
Bishop  of  Iowa.     Declined. 

1875.— The  Rev.  John  T.  :Magrath.  Elected  Mis- 
sionary Bishop  of  Cape  Palmas,  Avith  jurisdiction  in 
West  Africa.     Declined. 

1875.— The  Rev.  J.  S.  Shipman,  LL.D.  Elected 
Bishop  of  Fond  du  Lac.     Declined. 

1875.— The  Rev.  J.  H.  Eccleston,  D.D.  Elected 
Bishop  of  Iowa.  Doubts  as  to  validity  of  election. 
Declined. 

1877.— The    Rev.    D.    B.    Kinckerbacker,    S.T.D. 


320  APPENDIX. 

Elected  Missionary  Bisliop  of  New  Mexico  and  Ari- 
zona.    Declined. 

1877._Tlie  Rev.  J.  H.  Eccleston,  D.D.  Elected 
Bishop  of  "West  Virginia.     Declined. 

1877.— The  Eev.  S.  S.  Harris,  S.T.D.  Elected  Bishop 
of  Quincy.     Declined. 


I]^DEX. 


PAGE 

Adams,  William  Forbes 285 

Armitage,  William  Edmond 227 

Atkinsun,  Thomas 174 

Auer,  John  (iottlieb 268 

Bass,  Edward 62 

Beckwith,  John  AVatrous 235 

Bcilell,  (ricgory  Thurston 192 

Bissell,  AVilliam  Henry  Augustus  239 

Boone,  AVilliam  Jones 146 

Bowen,  Nathaniel 83 

Bowman,  Samuel 185 

Brown,  John  Henry  Ilobart 298 

Brownell,  Thomas  Church 89 

Burgess,  George 155 

Chase,  Carlton 140 

Chase,  Philander 85 

Claggctt,  Thomas  John 58 

Clark,  Thomas  March 183 

Clarkson.  Robert  Harper 215 

Cobbs,  Nicholas  Ilamncr 142 

Coxe,  Arthur  Cleveland 208 

Croes,  John 81 

Cummins,  (ieorge  David 225 

Davis,  Thomas  Frederick 172 

Dehon,  Theodore 75 

De  Lancey,  William   Heathcote...  124 

Doane,  (Ieorge  Washington 113 

Doane,  William  Croswell 248 

Dudley,  Thomas  Underwood 287 

Eastburn,  Manton 136 

Elliott,  Robert  Woodward  Barn- 
well   278 

Elliott,  Stephen,  Jr 130 


PAGE 

Freeman,  George  Washington....  148 

Gadsden,  Christopher  Edwards...  126 

Garrett,  Alexander  Charles 283 

(ililiespie,  George  De  Normandie..  291 

Green,  William  Mercer 159 

Gregg,  Alexander 187 

Griswold,  Alexander  Viets 73 

Hare.  AVilliam  Ilobart  2G6 

Hawks.  Cicero  .Stephens 144 

Hcnshaw,  John  Prentiss  Kewlev  138 

Hobart,  John  Henry 70 

Hopkins,  John  Ilen'ry 104 

Howe,  Mark  Antonv"DeWolfe....  263 

Howe,  AVilliam  Bell  White 261 

Huntington,  Frederic  Dan 250 

Ives,  Levi  Silliman 102 

Jagger,  Thom.as  Augustus 29:! 

Jarvis,  Abraham 64 

Johns,  John 134 

Kemp,  James 79 

Kem|)er  Jackson 117 

Kerfoot,  John  Barrett 219 

Kip,  William  Ingraham 176 

Lay,  Henry  Champlin 197 

Lee,  Alfred 132 

Lee,  Henry  Washington  179 

Littlejohn,  Abram  Newkirk 245 

Lyman,  Theodore  Benedict 272 

McCo.skry,  Samuel  Allen 120 

Mcllvaine,  Charles  Pettit H  9 

321 


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INDEX. 


PAGE 

McLaren,  William  Edward 295 

Madison,  James 56 

Meade,  William 96 

Moore,  Benjamin 66 

Moore,  Richard  Channing 77 

Morris,  Benjamin  Wistar 243 

Neely,  Henry  Adams 229 

Niles,  William  Woodrnff 257 

Odenheimer,  William  Henry 190 

Onderdonk,  Benjamin  Tredwell...  100 

Onderdonk,  Henry  Ustick 94 

Otey,  James  Hei'vey 115 

Paddock,  Benjamin  Henry 270 

Parker,  Samuel 68 

Payne,  John 161 

Penick,  Charles  Clifton 305 

Perry,  William  Stevens 300 

Pierce,  Henry  Niles 255 

Pinkney,  William 259 

Polk,  Leonidas 122 

Potter,  Alonzo 153 

Potter,  Horatio 181 

Provoost,  Samuel 64 

Quintard,  Charles  Todd 213 

Randall,  George  Maxwell 217 

Ravenscroft,  John  Stark 91 

Robertson,  Charles  Franklin 241 

Rutledge,  Francis  Huger 163 


PAGE 

Scarborough,  John 289 

Schereschewsky,    Samuel     Isaac 

Josevth 307 

Scott,  Thomas  Fielding 178 

Seabury,  Samuel 47 

Smith,  Benjamin  Bosworth 107 

Smith,  Robert 60 

Southgate,  Horatio 150 

Spalding,  John  Franklin 274 

Stevens,  William  Bacon 201 

Stone,  William  Murray 98 

Talbot,  Joseph  Cruikshank 199 

Tuttle,  Daniel  Sylvester 231 

Upfold,  George 157 

Vail,  Thomas  Hubbard 206 

Wainwright,  Jonathan  Mayhew.  169 

Welles,  Edward  Randolph 276 

Whipple,  Henry  Benjamin 195 

White,  AVilliam 51 

Whitehouse,  Henry  John 167 

Whittaker,  Ozi  William 253 

AVhittingham,  William  Rollinson  128 

Whittle,  Francis  McNeece 237 

Williams,  Channing  Moore 221 

AVilliams,  John 165 

Wilmer,  Joseph  Pere  Bell 223 

Wilmer,  Richard  Hookbr 204 

Wingfield,  John  Henry  Ducachet  280 

Young,  John  Freeman 233 


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